Henry Ward Beecher

God pardons like a mother who kisses the offense into everlasting forgetfulness.

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are but you must approach each man by the right door.

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies but the thankful heart... will find in every hour some heavenly blessings.

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!

"I can forgive but I cannot forget" is only another way of saying "I will not forgive." Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note-torn in two and burned up so that it never can be shown against one.

Flowers may beckon towards us but they speak toward heaven and God.

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

There is no such thing as white lies a lie is as black as a coalpit and twice as foul.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

Failure is a school in which the truth always grows strong.

Men's best successes come after their disappointments.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs jolted by every pebble in the road.

In things pertaining to enthusiasm no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle it is defeat that makes men invincible.

A church debt is the devil's salary.