Henry Ward Beecher

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Henry Ward Beecher

Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A house without books is like a room without windows.

Henry Ward Beecher

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

Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Henry Ward Beecher

He is the happiest man who is engaged in a business which tasks the most faculties of his mind.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Henry Ward Beecher

No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.

Henry Ward Beecher

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Henry Ward Beecher