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You never have to be afraid of anything because there’s not a lightning bolt he doesn’t know about, not a drop of rain he doesn’t allow to fall.’”
“It is a strange thing how the pain of seeing the suffering of those we love will sometimes make us add to their suffering by being cross with them. This comes of not having faith enough in God and shows how necessary this faith is, for when we lose it, we lose even the kindness which alone can soothe the suffering.”
― At the Back of the North Wind
― At the Back of the North Wind
“I never worried about words. The most important thing was to be still and cut off all thoughts of material things, to focus my mind on God from whom all talents and thoughts came.”
― Mama's Way
― Mama's Way
“There are more than a million questions that I can’t answer even for myself. But this I can say with confidence—I am because God created me. He made me this wonderful way.”
― Mama's Way
― Mama's Way
“Well, the baby can teach us. What you’ve undertaken here in Cutter Gap in your schoolroom isn’t a state of perfection to be arrived at all of a sudden. It’s a walk, and a walk isn’t static but ever-changing. We Friends say that all discouragement is from an evil source and can only end in more evil. Wallowing in self-condemnation or feeling sorry for yourself is worse than falling on your face in the first place. So—thee fell into a temper! So Thee is human. Thank God for thy humanness.”
― Christy: A Historical Novel of Faith, Love, and Courage in the Smoky Mountains
― Christy: A Historical Novel of Faith, Love, and Courage in the Smoky Mountains
“But I wasn't brave of myself," said Diamond. "It was the wind that blew in my face that made me brave. Wasn't it now, North Wind?"
"Yes; I know that. You had to be taught what courage was. And you couldn't know what it was without feeling it; therefore, it was given you. But don't you feel as if you would try to be brave yourself next time?"
"Yes, I do. But trying is not much."
"Yes, it is—a very great deal, for it is a beginning. And a beginning is the greatest thing of all. To try to be brave is to be brave. The coward who tries to be brave is before the man who is brave because he is made so and never had to try."
"How kind you are, North Wind!"
"I am only just. All kindness is but justice. We owe it."
"I don't quite understand that."
"Never mind; you will someday. There is no hurry about understanding it now.”
― At the Back of the North Wind
"Yes; I know that. You had to be taught what courage was. And you couldn't know what it was without feeling it; therefore, it was given you. But don't you feel as if you would try to be brave yourself next time?"
"Yes, I do. But trying is not much."
"Yes, it is—a very great deal, for it is a beginning. And a beginning is the greatest thing of all. To try to be brave is to be brave. The coward who tries to be brave is before the man who is brave because he is made so and never had to try."
"How kind you are, North Wind!"
"I am only just. All kindness is but justice. We owe it."
"I don't quite understand that."
"Never mind; you will someday. There is no hurry about understanding it now.”
― At the Back of the North Wind
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