The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

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 mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

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

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...

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

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.

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...

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

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,...

Love is the river of life in the world.

Love is the river of life in the world.

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to...

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to...

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature,...

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature,...

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the...

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the...

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

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...

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...

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to...

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to...

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...

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

The artist uses the talent he has, wishing he had more talent. The talent uses...

The artist uses the talent he has, wishing he had more talent. The talent uses...

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures...

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures...

He can have my body, but he will never have my soul. never!

He can have my body, but he will never have my soul. never!