#iri

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed. ↗

— Bennett Cerf

#bring #indeed #into #laughter #person

Was I sorry that I chose to come by hand cart? No. Neither then nor any minute of my life since. The price we paid to become acquainted with God was a privilege to pay and I am thankful that I was privileged to come in the Martin Hand Cart Company. ↗

— Francis Webster

#mormon #spiritual #tribulation #life

But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

#bodies #calls #cherish #determine #dream

When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, "I can't." ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#god #i #never #question #say

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#difficulties #discourage #grow #human #human spirit

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#books #dead #distant #god #heirs

Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution. ↗

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

#energy #evolution #like #love #love is

If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels, then it's not a good song done with any conviction. ↗

— Alex Chilton

#anything #coming #conviction #decent #done

A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit; someone who is self-confident and can make you smile. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#beautiful person #make #person #self-confident #smile

...you can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly than my hands... ↗

— John Geddes

#hands #love #relationships #silence #spirit