Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

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

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

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.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.