"Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments." ― Henry Ward Beecher Topic(s): Best Tags: often, successes More From Henry Ward Beecher "God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness." "We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God’s." "The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope." More In Best "My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can."― Cary Grant "Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters."― Victor Hugo "For my confirmation, I didn’t get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift."― Wernher von Braun