Quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

The human soul is God's treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counsellor, a multitude of counsellors.

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

If Christ is not divine, every impulse of the Christian world falls to a lower octave, and light and love and hope decline.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Suffering is part of the divine idea.