Inspirational Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

“A mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.”

“Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.”

“Bohong yang baik itu tidak ada. Bohong adalah bohong.”

“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”

“Each book has a secret history of ways and means.”

“Death is the dropping of the flower, that the fruit may, swell.”

“A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. It is not offended at your absent-mindedness, nor jealous if you turn to other pleasures, of leaf, or dress, or mineral, or even of books. It silently serves the soul without recompense, not even for the hire of love. And yet more noble, it seems to pass from itself, and to enter the memory, and to hover in a silvery transfiguration there, until the outward book is but a body, and its soul and spirit are flown to you, and possess your memory like a spirit. And while some books, like steps, are left behind us by the very help which they yield us, and serve only our childhood, or early life, some others go with us in mute fidelity to the end of life, a recreation for fatigue, an instruction for our sober hours, and a solace for our sickness or sorrow. Except the great out-doors, nothing that has no life of its own gives so much life to you.”

“No matter how good the walls and the materials are; if the foundations are not strong, the building will not stand. By and by, in some upper room, a crack will appear; and men will say: "There is the crack; but the cause is the foundation." So if, in youth, you lay the foundation of your character wrongly, the penalty will be sure to follow. The crack may be far down in old age, but somewhere it will certainly appear.”

“Tuhan tidak pernah bertanya kepada seseorang apakah dia akan menerima hidupnya. Ini bukan pilihan. Anda harus menerimanya. Satu-satunya yang bisa dipilih adalah bagaimana menjalaninya”

“Men's best successes come after their disappointments.”

“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”

“Well married, a man is winged—ill-matched, he is shackled.”

“Every artist dips his brush into his own soul.”

“The indolent mind is not empty, but full of vermin.”

“Orang yang periang bisa diibaratkan sinar matahari, Yang membuat orang-orang di sekelilingnya ikut riang pula. Keriangan hati memberi sayap pada kaki, otot pada tungkai dan lengan, serta keluwesan pada setiap gerakan.”

“Buku adalah jendela Sukma kita melihat dunia luar lewat jendela ini Rumah tanpa buku bagaikan ruangan tak berjendela.”

“Sebuah perpustakaan kecil yang tumbuh lebih besar dari tahun ke tahun adalah bagian yang patut dihargai dari sejarah hidup seseorang. Manusia mempunyai tugas untuk memiliki buku-buku. Perpustakaan bukanlah suatu kemewahan, melainkan merupakan sesuatu yang diperlukan di dalam hidup.”

“Orang sinis adalah orang yang tidak pernah melihat hal-hal yang baik pada orang lain, tetapi tidak pernah luput melihat yang buruk.”

“Once an ill can be patiently born it is robbed of its poison if not its pain.”

“Don Vicente, a monk of the Convent of Pobla in Aragon, murdered several collectors in order to get their best books;”