George A. Smith Born : June 26, 1817 Died : September 1, 1875 Browse All Authors Top 20 quotes by George A. Smith Part of the down-to-earthness that made the pioneers succeed was expressed in a sentence: It takes pretty good [people] to get along with water ditches in a dry time, and not quarrel. George A. Smith dry water people Our enemies are our evil deeds and their memories, our pride, our selfishness, our malice, our passions, which by conscience or by habit pursue us with a relentlessness past the power of figure to express. George A. Smith passion pride memories Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself. George A. Smith entrances soul evil How on the face of the earth could a man enjoy his religion, when he had been told by the Lord how to prepare for a day of famine, when, instead of doing so, he had fooled away that which would have sustained him and his family. George A. Smith self-reliance religious men 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 strong temptation enthusiasm Lives are changed by a moment's listening to conscience, by a single and quiet inclination of the mind. George A. Smith listening mind quiet We must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life. George A. Smith loving-life air kindness Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth. George A. Smith trifles power men 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 health simple men 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 arguing men jesus If we have a heart for the magnitudes of life, it will not seem vain to believe that God Himself should guard it. George A. Smith vain heart believe Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity! George A. Smith men peace past Let those who, still in their youth, have preserved their faith and fullness of hope, keep looking up. George A. Smith fullness youth faith 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 israel sight lying The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites. George A. Smith sullen satisfaction heart We breathe the free air, we have the best looking men and handsomest women, and if they envy our position, well they may, for they are a poor, narrow minded, pinch-backed race of man, who chain themselves down to the law of monogamy and live all their days under the dominion of one wife. They aught to be ashamed of such conduct, and the still fouler channel which flows from their practices. George A. Smith race air men The seasons come up undisturbed by crime and war. George A. Smith up seasons crime war To us sin has not become any less of a mystery or a pain. George A. Smith us mystery pain sin Yet none use their words more recklessly than the strong, who have not been sobered by the rebuffs and uncertainties of life. George A. Smith words more strong life God is stronger than their strength, more loving than their uttermost love, and in so far as they have loved and sacrificed themselves for others, they have obtained the infallible proof, that God too lives and loves and gives Himself away. George A. Smith loved strength god love
