"We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves." ― Henry Ward Beecher Topic(s): Love Tags: never More From Henry Ward Beecher "God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas." "Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles." "The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things." More In Love "Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable."― Henry Ward Beecher "One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld "We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another."― Jonathan Swift