He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Greatness Quotes, Heart Quotes

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

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

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

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

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

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

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...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level...

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level...

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

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.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

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...

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...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

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

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

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

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

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if...

A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if...

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the...

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the...

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality