Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down provided it is the right temptation put in the right spot.

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going and going in that way too.

None love to speak so much when the mood of speaking comes as they who are naturally taciturn.

A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size or it is not the door that providence means for him.

Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought feeling yearning or desire however low trifling or vulgar we may deem it which if it affects our real interest or happiness we may not lay before God and be sure of sympathy. His nature is such that our often coming does not tire him. The whole burden of the whole life of every man may be rolled on to God and not weary him though it has wearied man.