Henry Ward Beecher

Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism.

Henry Ward Beecher

Some people are so dry that you might soak them in a joke for a month and it would not get through their skins.

Henry Ward Beecher

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

Henry Ward Beecher

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

Henry Ward Beecher

The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.

Henry Ward Beecher

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

Henry Ward Beecher

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

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

The more sincere we are in our belief, as a rule, the less demonstrative we are.

Henry Ward Beecher

The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.

Henry Ward Beecher