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

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

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...

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

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.

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.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to...

In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

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...

There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the...

There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the...

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

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...

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...

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.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...