Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often, as intolerance.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

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

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor; and no man can tell what becomes of his influence.

The most tranquil house, with the most serene inhabitants, living upon the utmost regularity of system, is yet exemplifying infinite diversities.

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.

When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.