More - Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stony street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun

Henry Ward Beecher

 

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

Henry Ward Beecher

 Family

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

Henry Ward Beecher

 

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.

Henry Ward Beecher

 

We should so live and labor in our times that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This expresses the true spirit in the love of mankind.

Henry Ward Beecher

 

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Henry Ward Beecher

 Art

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Henry Ward Beecher

 Libraries

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Henry Ward Beecher

 Excuse

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

Henry Ward Beecher

 Culture

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