The first step toward happiness is to determine to be happy. George Hodges (theologian) More Quotes by George Hodges (theologian) More Quotes From George Hodges (theologian) To be thoroughly and abidingly happy is not only to get what we all instinctively desire, but to fulfill the purpose of our nature. George Hodges (theologian) fulfillment purpose desire The second rector of [St. John's in] Providence was blown out of church one Sunday by 'an extraordinary gust of wind,' and the people, welcoming this ejection as an act of heaven, refused to let him in again. George Hodges (theologian) sunday wind people And thus was kept the first Christmas, the Christmas in the year one, with carols by the choir of heaven, and God's own Son, the Saviour of the world, coming as a Christmas gift for all mankind. George Hodges (theologian) heaven years son God calls us to duty, and the only right answer is obedience...whether we ourselves get enjoyment and blessing from the task or not, the call must be obeyed...It is better to obey blunderingly than not to obey at all. George Hodges (theologian) tasks blessing answers
