Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
Henry Ward BeecherMorality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.
Henry Ward BeecherMirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.
Henry Ward BeecherRich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor. Wise men are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. Strong men are to bear with the feeble. Cultured people are to bear with the rude and vulgar. If a rough and coarse man meets an ecstatically fine man, the man that is highest up is to be the servant of the man that is lowest down.
Henry Ward Beecher