When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is that in which their habits are formed. That is a very important period. But the period in which the ideas of the young are formed…

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Youth Quotes

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in...

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in...

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...

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful...

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful...

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as...

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as...

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what...

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what...

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...

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...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

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...

Don't underestimate a person by their appearance now. That person might have better appearance than...

Don't underestimate a person by their appearance now. That person might have better appearance than...

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off...

I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off...

Life is a yo-yo, and mankind ties knots in the string

Life is a yo-yo, and mankind ties knots in the string

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man