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 fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

Henry Ward Beecher Quotes