Quotes from Henry Ward Beecher
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
Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Selfishness at the expense of others' happiness is demonism.
- Henry Ward Beecher
There is no friendship, no love, like that of a mother for her child.
- Henry Ward Beecher
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
- Henry Ward Beecher
We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.
- Henry Ward Beecher
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The human soul is God's treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.
- Henry Ward Beecher