I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

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.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

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

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

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

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...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

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

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

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up,...

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up,...

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

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

Now comes the mystery.

Now comes the mystery.

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

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

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

A high-school teacher, after all, is a person deputized by the rest of us to...

A high-school teacher, after all, is a person deputized by the rest of us to...

You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things...

You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things...