Henry Ward Beecher

Our dangerous class is not at the bottom; it is near the top of society. Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law.

—Henry Ward Beecher

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

—Henry Ward Beecher

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

—Henry Ward Beecher

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

—Henry Ward Beecher

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

—Henry Ward Beecher

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

—Henry Ward Beecher

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

—Henry Ward Beecher

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

—Henry Ward Beecher

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

—Henry Ward Beecher

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will; and the other from a strong won't.

—Henry Ward Beecher

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but".

—Henry Ward Beecher

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

—Henry Ward Beecher

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousand truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.

—Henry Ward Beecher

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

—Henry Ward Beecher

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

—Henry Ward Beecher