It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed. Henry Ward Beecher More Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher More Quotes From Henry Ward Beecher A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune. Henry Ward Beecher reputationmoneycharacter You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave. Henry Ward Beecher adversityeasyworld Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child. Henry Ward Beecher laughterhatechildren It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it. Henry Ward Beecher donelawyears Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. Henry Ward Beecher smilelaughterhappiness Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone; he would have the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard! Henry Ward Beecher biblicaloceanbible Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. Henry Ward Beecher gratitudepainwar The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. Henry Ward Beecher wisdomphilosophywar Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. Henry Ward Beecher motherhoodbusinesssuccessful I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. Henry Ward Beecher valentines-daycrushlove A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it. Henry Ward Beecher valuablelawyerlaw Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism? Henry Ward Beecher memorial-dayveterans-daymilitary Happiness is not the end of life: character is. Henry Ward Beecher changephilosophyart The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection. Henry Ward Beecher protectionpowermen A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor. Henry Ward Beecher rich-or-poorcharactermen Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! Henry Ward Beecher gratitudethanksgivingreligious A babe is nothing but a bundle of possibilities. Henry Ward Beecher babepossibilitychildren We go to the grave of a friend saying, Henry Ward Beecher angelinspiringmen Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy. Henry Ward Beecher househomememories A mother has, perhaps, the hardest earthly lot; and yet no mother worthy of the name ever gave herself thoroughly for her child who did not feel that, after all, she reaped what she had sown. Henry Ward Beecher mothernameschildren
