~ Henry Ward Beecher Quotes ~

[MysteRy]

Man is at the bottom an animal midway a citizen and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

[MysteRy]

No matter what looms ahead if you can eat today enjoy the sunlight today mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.

[MysteRy]

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full of knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

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Fear is a kind of bell or gong which rings the mind into quick life and avoidance upon the approach of danger. It is the soul's signal for rallying.

[MysteRy]

A tool is but the extension of a man's hand and a machine is but a complex tool. He that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well being of mankind.

[MysteRy]

Young love is a flame; very pretty often very hot and fierce but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals deep burning unquenchable.

[MysteRy]

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and as the magnet finds the iron so it will find in every hour some heavenly blessings!

[MysteRy]

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile some have a sad expression some are pensive and diffident others again are plain honest and upright.

[MysteRy]

I can forgive but I cannot forget is only another way of saying 'I will not forgive.' Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note-torn in two and burned up so that it never can be shown against one.

[MysteRy]

I 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.

[MysteRy]

Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labor in season and out of season under every discouragement... that requires a heroism which is transcendent.

[MysteRy]

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

[MysteRy]

Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place. ... New harmonies new contrasts new combinations of every sort. ... The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other to their work to surrounding objects.

[MysteRy]

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl vigilant in darkness and blind to light mousing for vermin and never seeing noble game. The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad.