Henry Ward Beecher

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men’s weaknesses.

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

The dog is the god of frolic.

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

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

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