Henry Ward Beecher Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.”

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

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

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

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

“Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.”

“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.”

“Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.”

“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.”

“We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.”