Henry Ward Beecher

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

We are always on the anvil by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

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

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

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.

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

__old yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.

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

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.