I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything.
Henry Ward BeecherYou never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
Henry Ward BeecherA thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.
Henry Ward BeecherGod makes the life fertile by disappointments, as he makes the ground fertile by frosts.
Henry Ward BeecherWhen our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and call it charity; when the crumbs are swept from our table, we think it generous to let the dogs eat them; as if that were charity which permits others to have what we cannot keep.
Henry Ward Beecher