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.
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
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.
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and read more
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set
to true time.
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of
shadows.
A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of
shadows.
Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.
Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.
Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into
Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into
