"Good-humor makes all things tolerable.












A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
More Henry Ward Beecher quotes
"Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his...
"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
"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.
"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 ...
"Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
"A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.