Henry Ward Beecher

That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterward makes him a manager of life.

Henry Ward Beecher

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

Henry Ward Beecher

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Henry Ward Beecher

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

Henry Ward Beecher

There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.

Henry Ward Beecher

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Henry Ward Beecher

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

Henry Ward Beecher

You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

Henry Ward Beecher

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

Henry Ward Beecher

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.

Henry Ward Beecher