Henry Ward Beecher
"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine"
"Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends."
"Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments."
"It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stony street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun"
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself."
"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."
"The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't."
"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine"
"Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends."
"Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments."
"It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stony street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun"
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself."
"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."
"The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't."
