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Henry Ward Beecher thanksgiving

Henry Ward Beecher | thanksgiving

Pride 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.

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Henry Ward Beecher mothersday

Henry Ward Beecher | mothersday

The babe at first feeds upon the mother’s bosom, but it is always on her heart.

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Henry Ward Beecher Work

Henry Ward Beecher | work

It’s not the work which kills people, it’s the worry. It’s not the revolution that destroys machinery it’s the friction.

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Henry Ward Beecher Wisdom

Henry Ward Beecher | wisdom

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.

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Henry Ward Beecher Wisdom

Henry Ward Beecher | wisdom

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

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Henry Ward Beecher Wisdom

Henry Ward Beecher | wisdom

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

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Henry Ward Beecher Truth

Henry Ward Beecher | truth

It 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.

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Henry Ward Beecher thankful

Henry Ward Beecher | thankful

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!

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Henry Ward Beecher success

Henry Ward Beecher | success

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

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Henry Ward Beecher success

Henry Ward Beecher | success

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

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