74 Quotes by Hannah Whitall Smith

Where the soul is full of peace and joy, outward surrounding and circumstances are of comparatively little account.

When all else is gone, God is left, and nothing changes Him.

Keep your face upturned to Christ as the flowers do to the sun. Look, and your soul shall live and grow.

I shall be glad to see thee back, daughter, for I miss thee dreadfully. I wish I did not! I was taking a nap in my chair today, and I thought I heard thee rustling thy papers, and I looked over at thy table expecting to see thee, and alas! thee was not there, and it was dreadful.

You must hand yourself and all your inward experiences, your temptations, your temperament, your frames and feelings, all over into the care of your God, and leave them there. He made you and therefore He understands you, and knows how to manage you, and you must trust Him to do it.

Those who are God’s without reserve are, in every sense, content.

The mother eagle teachers her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. An just so does our God to us.

If we want to be comforted, we must make up our minds to believe every single solitary word of comfort God has ever spoken.

Look upon your chastening as God’s chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement.