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Hannah Whitall Smith
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Hannah Whitall Smith
Age: 79 †
Born: 1832
Born: February 7
Died: 1911
Died: May 1
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Suffragette
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New Jersey
United States
Hannah Tatum Whitall Smith
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When all else is gone, God is left, and nothing changes Him.
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Nothing else is needed to quiet all your fears, but just this, that GOD IS.
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My soul was always so full of aspirations, that a God was a necessity to me. I was like a bird with an instinct of migration upon me, and a country to migrate to was as essential as it is to the bird
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Somehow even tragedies seem less tragical, when you are the actors in them, than they look to outsiders
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It is hard for me to believe that any husband and wife are really happy together. And to have thee say you are is an unspeakable comfort.
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I wonder how many of our tombstones will have to be inscribed with the epitaph 'Died of too many meetings'?
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Thee may tell Aunt Janet from me that she might as well try to stop the stars in their courses as to try to stop a love affair.
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Once I knew what it was to rest upon the rock of God's promises, and it was indeed a precious resting place, but now I rest in His grace. He is teaching me that the bosom of His love is a far sweeter resting-place than even the rock of His promises.
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God's care for us is more watchful and more tender than the care of any human father could possibly be.
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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.
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We were made to be human beings here, and when people try to be anything else, they generally get into some sort of scrapes.
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An idea is a curious thing. It will not work unless you do.
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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.
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Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.
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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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If you were to write down all the possible ways to motivate people to do better work, friendly praise would have to come near the head of your list.
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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.
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If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it!
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Before the acorn can bring forth the oak, it must become itself a wreck. No plant ever came from any but a wrecked seed.
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