Henry Ward Beecher

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point read more

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

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this read more

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and
will find the flaw when read more

He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and
will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.

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

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