Quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the mother for the child.
- Henry Ward Beecher
In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others…
- Henry Ward Beecher
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
- Henry Ward Beecher
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Failure is a school in which the truth always grows strong.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
- Henry Ward Beecher
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Books are not made for furniture,but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
- Henry Ward Beecher