Laughter is day, and sobriety is night a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. Henry Ward Beecher on smile
Law represents the effort of man to organize society governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. Henry Ward Beecher on society
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. Henry Ward Beecher on strength
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. Henry Ward Beecher on strength
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. Henry Ward Beecher on success
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. Henry Ward Beecher on success
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success. Henry Ward Beecher on success
Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. Henry Ward Beecher on success
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! Henry Ward Beecher on thankful
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. Henry Ward Beecher on truth
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. Henry Ward Beecher on wisdom
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. Henry Ward Beecher on wisdom
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away. Henry Ward Beecher on wisdom
It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. Henry Ward Beecher on work
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. Henry Ward Beecher on mothersday
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a 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. Henry Ward Beecher on thanksgiving
The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic. Henry Ward Beecher on animals
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game. The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad. Henry Ward Beecher on cynicism
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. Henry Ward Beecher on health
Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child. Henry Ward Beecher on laughter