Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Now comes the mystery.

Now comes the mystery.

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...

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

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

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...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

The dog is the god of frolic.

The dog is the god of frolic.

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

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

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and...

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and...

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

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...

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...

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school...

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school...

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 dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that...

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that...

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.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a...

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a...

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.