Henry Ward Beecher

Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

Men's best successes come after their disappointments.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

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.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

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