#m

I'm not afraid to take a swing and miss. ↗

— Frederick W. Smith

#i #miss #swing #take

Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul. ↗

— George A. Smith

#again #contentment #depend #growth #happiness

Jesus Christ tells us that a man cannot be wrong if he argues towards God from what he finds best in himself. ↗

— George A. Smith

#cannot #christ #finds #god #himself

Lives are changed by a moment's listening to conscience, by a single and quiet inclination of the mind. ↗

— George A. Smith

#conscience #inclination #listening #lives #mind

Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity! ↗

— George A. Smith

#does #find #himself #his #man

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue. ↗

— George A. Smith

#enthusiasm #ever #feels #god #made

There is no truth which the prophets press more steadily upon Israel than that all their national life lies in the sight and on the care of God. ↗

— George A. Smith

#god #israel #lies #life #more

But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#back #either #heavy #heavy load #him

But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#america #cannot #charged #justly #nevertheless

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#government #i #i believe #i believe that #people