It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes...

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes...

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.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

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

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

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the...

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the...

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

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...

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

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.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes...

A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes...

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

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

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

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...

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day...

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

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

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