Henry Ward Beecher

“Pride slays thanksgiving ... A prideful man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.”

“Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.”

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

“The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.”

“the first hour of the morning, is the rudder of the day.”

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

“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party ...”

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”

“Men's best successes come after their disappointments.”

“Well married, a man is winged—ill-matched, he is shackled.”

“Every writer dips his brush into his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”

“To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them - the whole leaf and root tribe.”

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

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

“‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.”

“No matter how good the walls and the materials are; if the foundations are not strong, the building will not stand. By and by, in some upper room, a crack will appear; and men will say: "There is the crack; but the cause is the foundation." So if, in youth, you lay the foundation of your character wrongly, the penalty will be sure to follow. The crack may be far down in old age, but somewhere it will certainly appear.”

“No man is more cheated than the selfish man.”

“There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.”

“No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions."Henry Ward Beecher”

“It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.”

“The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.”

“A mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.”

“Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.”

“God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not a choice. You must take it. The only question is how.”

“Every artist dips his brush into his own soul.”

“Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart”

“If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.”

“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.”

“There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs. ”

“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”

“Books are the windows throughwhich the soul looks out.”

“A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.”

“Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.”

“There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.”

“Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable.”

“The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.”

“A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. ”

“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road.”

“Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”

“A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a man's possessions. A library is not a luxury. It is one of the necessities of a full life.”

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

“Now comes the mystery! (last words)”

“Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A home without books is like a room without windows.”

“A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.”

“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.”

“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. ”

“Tuhan tidak pernah bertanya kepada seseorang apakah dia akan menerima hidupnya. Ini bukan pilihan. Anda harus menerimanya. Satu-satunya yang bisa dipilih adalah bagaimana menjalaninya”

“A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is a wrong to his family. He cheats them! Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it.”

“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the mother for the child.”

“Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.”