Good men are not those who now and then do a good act, but men who join one good act to another.
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 BeecherEvery city should make the common school so rich, so large, so ample, so beautiful in its endowments, and so fruitful in its results, that a private school will not be able to live under the drip of it.
Henry Ward BeecherThe clearest window that ever was fashioned if it is barred by spiders' webs, and hung over with carcasses of insects, so that the sunlight has forgotten to find its way through, of what use can it be? Now, the Church is God's window; and if it is so obscured by errors that its light is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Henry Ward Beecher