It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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Other Henry Ward Beecher quotes:
He is the happiest man who is engaged in a business which tasks the most faculties of his mind.
You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.
Men's best successes come after their disappointments.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
