01c. 1850 ADTo become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
02c. 1850 ADGood nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
04c. 1850 ADThe babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
05c. 1850 ADGreatness 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.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
06c. 1850 ADHe is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
07c. 1850 ADOf all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
08c. 1850 ADThe art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
09c. 1850 ADWe 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.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
11c. 1850 ADWe are always on the anvil by trials God is shaping us for higher things.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
13c. 1850 ADGratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
14c. 1850 ADA proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
15c. 1850 ADThe head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
16c. 1850 ADHold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
17c. 1850 ADTo array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
18c. 1850 ADPride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
20c. 1850 ADI 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 / quote ↗
21c. 1850 ADGod pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
22c. 1850 ADLaughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.Henry Ward Beecher / quote ↗
23c. 1850 ADIt 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 / quote ↗
