#wi

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

#every #like #pebble #person #road

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

#distance #excellence #judge #peak #people

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#blessings #day #discovers #every #find

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#good #good nature #honor #knowledge #money

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#between #both #day #either #gently

You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#dogs #failed #find #inspire #kind

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#condemnation #cure #more #sins #than

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

#asks #choice #god #how #life

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#companions #employ #everybody #intelligent #schoolmasters

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#away #best #call #growing #institutions