More quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child."
"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."
"Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one."
"It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage."
"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."