Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Body Quotes

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

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...

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

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.

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we...

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we...

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

The dog is the god of frolic.

The dog is the god of frolic.

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...

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,...

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Repentance is another name for aspiration

Repentance is another name for aspiration

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

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

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

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet...

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet...

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

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...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that...

It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that...