Herman Ward Poems
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.
Henry Ward BeecherBullwinkle: You just leave that to my pal. He's the brains of the outfit.General: What does that make you?Bullwinkle: What else? An executive...
Jay WardThe sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Henry Ward BeecherThe revolution came so suddenly, and in a way so utterly different from what we expected.
Herman GorterI think God leaves me alone to let me find my own strength because no one else can give it to me. Sometimes it is very lonely. But I know the lonely times teach me the most. I must let go in order to let anything in. No one can love me, for me. Take a big walk protected in the trees. I miss the time before today.
Sabrina Ward HarrisonYou should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage it is better to encourage the fighters than the rulers.
Herman GorterThe blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community.
Julia Ward HoweMy book is very wild. But you know during the period of BATMAN, that there were thousands of Batman and Robin costumes sold and these weren't just for kids.
Burt WardLove cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
Henry Ward BeecherYou cannot forget if you would those golden kisses all over the cheeks of the meadow, queerly called dandelions.
Henry Ward BeecherGreatness 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 fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the
Henry Ward BeecherBlessed are the Happiness Makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer.
Henry Ward BeecherWhat we don't let out traps us. We think, No one else feels this way, I must be crazy. So we don't say anything. And we become enveloped by a deep loneliness, not knowing where our feelings come from or what to do with them. Why do I feel this way? Last week, I was on top of the world and now my feelings don't make sense. Voicing it, getting it out and letting other people hear it, helps to dissipate it. The fears and self-criticisms begin to leak. And we begin to heal. In the same way, if we feel deeply about something and voice it, then we're made whole by standing up for ourselves and what we believe.
Sabrina Ward HarrisonClothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
Henry Ward BeecherAffliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
Henry Ward BeecherFlatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
William Arthur WardA book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
Henry Ward BeecherThere is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans ... and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
Henry Ward BeecherHe who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
Henry Ward BeecherHold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher
