--- title: "4 Emma Smith Quotes" description: "Emma Hale Smith Bidamon was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and a prominent member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter D..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/emma-smith-69649_marriage_even-if-i-were-trying-to-catch-a-husband_1225506.jpg" --- # Emma Smith **4** quotes in **20** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Emma Hale Smith Bidamon was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and a prominent member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as well as the first wife of Joseph Smith, the movement's founder. In 1842, when the Ladies' Relief Society of Nauvoo was formed as a wome ## Quotes by Emma Smith > [“Even if I were trying to catch a husband I would never fish in shallow waters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-smith/even-if-i-were-trying-to-catch-a-husband-i-would-never-fish-in/) Emma Smith [Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/emma-smith-69649_marriage_even-if-i-were-trying-to-catch-a-husband_1225506.jpg) > [“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-smith/life-is-like-the-river-sometimes-it-sweeps-you-gently-along-and/) Emma Smith [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/emma-smith-69649_gently_life-is-like-the-river-sometimes-it-swee_1288302.jpg) > [“The Comedy of Errors has been consistently under-appreciated, I’d argue, in part because we don’t know how to appreciate plot. Contemporary culture,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-smith/the-comedy-of-errors-has-been-consistently-under-appreciated-i-d/) Emma Smith [Alienation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alienation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/emma-smith-69649_alienation_the-comedy-of-errors-has-been-consistent_1878710.jpg) > [“Strength is not something you have, it's something you find.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-smith/strength-is-not-something-you-have-it-s-something-you-find/) Emma Smith [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25a/emma-smith-69649_find_strength-is-not-something-you-have-it-s_1880845.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-smith/#itemlist", "name": "Emma Smith Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Even if I were trying to catch a husband I would never fish in shallow waters.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emma Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-smith/even-if-i-were-trying-to-catch-a-husband-i-would-never-fish-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/emma-smith-69649_marriage_even-if-i-were-trying-to-catch-a-husband_1225506.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/emma-smith-69649_marriage_even-if-i-were-trying-to-catch-a-husband_1225506.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/emma-smith-69649_marriage_even-if-i-were-trying-to-catch-a-husband_1225506.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Even if I were trying to catch a husband I would never fish in shallow waters.” — Emma Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emma Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-smith/life-is-like-the-river-sometimes-it-sweeps-you-gently-along-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/emma-smith-69649_gently_life-is-like-the-river-sometimes-it-swee_1288302.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/emma-smith-69649_gently_life-is-like-the-river-sometimes-it-swee_1288302.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/emma-smith-69649_gently_life-is-like-the-river-sometimes-it-swee_1288302.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.” — Emma Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Comedy of Errors has been consistently under-appreciated, I’d argue, in part because we don’t know how to appreciate plot. 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