Quotes by : Henry Ward Beecher

God pardons like a mother who kisses the offense into everlasting forgetfulness.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size or it is not the door that providence means....

Happiness is not the end of life character is.

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection.....

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

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

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

The worst thing in this world next to anarchy is government.