There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon…

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Joy Quotes, Sorrow Quotes, Tenderness Quotes

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his...

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his...

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is...

When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is...

In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no...

In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no...

How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit...

How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit...