Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

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.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

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.

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...

When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is...

When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is...

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

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...

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 philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in...

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

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...

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

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

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for...

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of...

When the road gets dark - And you can no longer see - Just let...

When the road gets dark - And you can no longer see - Just let...

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what...

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what...

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision...

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision...

Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to...

Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to...