The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Heroism Quotes, World Quotes

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot...

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot...

The dog is the god of frolic.

The dog is the god of frolic.

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to...

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent 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...

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.

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

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us...

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us...

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...

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though...

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though...

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark...

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark...

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

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...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

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.

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

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...