There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. Henry Ward Beecher on learning
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. Henry Ward Beecher on love
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is: that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. Henry Ward Beecher on perseverance
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. Henry Ward Beecher on success
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires. Henry Ward Beecher on success
You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. Henry Ward Beecher on wealth