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

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Art Quotes, Painting Quotes, Soul Quotes

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

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...

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...

The dog is the god of frolic.

The dog is the god of frolic.

Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last...

Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last...

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in...

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in...

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

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

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer...

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.