There never was a person that did anything worth doing who did not really receive more than he gave. – Henry Ward Beecher
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. – Henry Ward Beecher
The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain. – Henry Ward Beecher
Greatness 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
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself. – 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
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. – Henry Ward Beecher
It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. – Henry Ward Beecher
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. – Henry Ward Beecher
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. – Henry Ward Beecher
It’s not the work which kills people, it’s the worry. It’s not the revolution that destroys machinery it’s the friction. – Henry Ward Beecher
Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more. – Henry Ward Beecher
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away. – Henry Ward Beecher
There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them – the senses, intelligent companions, and books. – Henry Ward Beecher
A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better. – Henry Ward Beecher
I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. – Henry Ward Beecher
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. – Henry Ward Beecher
