Oftentimes great and open temptations are the most harmless because they come with banners flying and bands playing and all the munitions of war in full view, so that we know we are in the midst of enemies that mean us damage, and we get ready to meet and resist them. Our peculiar dangers are those that surprise us and work treachery in our fort.
Henry Ward BeecherIn this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
Henry Ward BeecherThe methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age.
Henry Ward BeecherAll the sobriety which' religion needs or requires is that which real earnestness produces.
Henry Ward Beecher