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

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

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.

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his...

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his...

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...

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

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...

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

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...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes...

A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes...

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

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...

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...

Happiness is not the end of life, character is

Happiness is not the end of life, character is

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all...

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all...

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...