Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the applications of the truth, heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung.

Henry Ward Beecher's Popular Quotes

The elect, those who will; the non-elect, those who won't.

- Henry Ward Beecher

Discover what you are.

- Henry Ward Beecher

Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress.

- Henry Ward Beecher

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

- Henry Ward Beecher

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

- Henry Ward Beecher

Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.

- Henry Ward Beecher

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

- Henry Ward Beecher

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

- Henry Ward Beecher

The things that hurt us teach us.

- Henry Ward Beecher