There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon…

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Joy Quotes, Sorrow Quotes, Tenderness Quotes

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

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

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

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour,...

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour,...

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,...

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are...

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are...

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

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...

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

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

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

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

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,...

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...

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

In the middle of a world that had always been a bit mad, the cat...

In the middle of a world that had always been a bit mad, the cat...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be...

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be...