Henry Ward Beecher ( 10 of 89 )
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that read more
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.
We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.
We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.
Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a read more
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.