"If the Lord sets you to guard a……" — Hannah Whitall Smith
"If the Lord sets you to guard a lonely post in perfect stillness from all active work, you ought to be just as content as to be in the midst of the active warfare. It is no virtue to love the Master's work better than the Master's will."
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43 Quotes by Hannah Whitall Smith
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Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement.
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Where the soul is full of peace and joy, outward surrounding and circumstances are of comparatively little account.
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Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all,…
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Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don't want.
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Faith, like sight is nothing apart from God. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see…
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If you were to write down all the possible ways to motivate people to do better work, friendly praise would…
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Those who are God's without reserve are, in every sense, content
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God will help us become the people we are meant to be, if only we will ask Him
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Active Evil is better than Passive Good.
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Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.
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Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still…
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