Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests, but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero or a saint.
Henry Ward BeecherA door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.
Henry Ward BeecherIf we would have anything of benefit, we must earn it, and earning it become shrewd, inventive, ingenious, active, enterprising.
Henry Ward Beecher