Henry Ward Beecher Quotes: 25

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

• To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

• In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

• Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.

• Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

• It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.

• Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

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

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

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

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

• Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

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

• We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

• 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.

• We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

• Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

• ‎Hold 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.

• All words are pegs to hang ideas on.

• Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

• Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

• Now comes the mystery! (last words)

• The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

• Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

• 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.