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.
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach read more
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but
a complex tool. And read more
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but
a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power
of a man and the well-being of mankind.
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and read more
Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge
The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.
Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.
