More quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child."
"The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope."
"We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves."
"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."
"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."