The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. -Henry Ward Beecher Education
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher Forgiveness
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. -Henry Ward Beecher Wisdom
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. -Henry Ward Beecher Thankful
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. -Henry Ward Beecher Great
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart. -Henry Ward Beecher Romantic
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. -Henry Ward Beecher Thanksgiving
Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. -Henry Ward Beecher Success
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. -Henry Ward Beecher Business
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. -Henry Ward Beecher Strength
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! -Henry Ward Beecher Thankful
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. -Henry Ward Beecher Wisdom
