Henry Ward Beecher ( 10 of 89 )
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to read more
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher.
That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the read more
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
God's providence is on the side of clear heads.
God's providence is on the side of clear heads.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of read more
Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
