Author: Henry Ward Beecher

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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

- Henry Ward Beecher

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

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

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

- Henry Ward Beecher

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

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

- Henry Ward Beecher

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.

- Henry Ward Beecher

Love is the river of life in the world.

Love is the river of life in the world.

- Henry Ward Beecher

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

- Henry Ward Beecher

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

- Henry Ward Beecher

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

- Henry Ward Beecher

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