“ God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. Henry Ward Beecher
“ Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it. Henry Ward Beecher
“ A tool is but the extension of a man's hand and a machine is but a complex tool. He that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well being of mankind. 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
“ Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher
“ He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. Henry Ward Beecher
“ It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. 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. Henry Ward Beecher
“ Laughter is day, and sobriety is night a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. Henry Ward Beecher
“ There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world. Henry Ward Beecher
“ The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. Henry Ward Beecher
