Quotes from Hannah Whitall Smith
A feeling of real need is always a good enough reason to pray.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
There is no happiness in the world equal to the happiness of being good.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
Holding onto what was isn't healthy for what is.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
The time for universal praise is sure to come some day. Let us begin to do our part now.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
Put together all the tenderest love you know of, multiply it by infinity, and you will begin to see glimpses of the love and grace of God.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
Comfort & peace never come from anything we know about ourselves, but only & always from what we know about Him.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
It is a law of the spiritual life that every act of trust makes the next act less difficult. Trusting becomes like breathing, the natural unconciousness of the redeemed soul.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
To be a mother is the greatest vocation in the world. No being has a position of such great power and influence. She holds in her hands the destiny of nations, for to her is necessarily committed the making of the nation's citizens.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
Christ came into the world to save sinners, not good people, and your unworthiness is your greatest claim for His salvation.
- Hannah Whitall Smith