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

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The unthankful heart...discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and,...

The unthankful heart...discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and,...

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...

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

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

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul...

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul...

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted...

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted...

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.

Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of...

Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of...

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

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

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

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that...

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that...

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...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

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...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

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,...

Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling.

Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all