Quotes from Helen Steiner Rice

It takes a Mother's Love to make a house a home, a place to be remembered, no matter where we roam.

For a mother's love is fashioned, After God's enduring love, It is endless and unfailing, Like the love of Him above.

It takes a Mother's Patience, to bring a child up right, And her Courage and her Cheerfulness to make a dark day bright.

God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow

You cannot change reality, but you can control the manner in which you look at things. Your attitude is under your own control. Weed out the negative and focus on the positive!

This great God loves us still, He loved us since the world began and what's more, He always will.

A mother's love is like a beacon, Burning bright with Faith and Prayer, And through the changing scenes of life, We can find a haven there.

A mother's love is like a tower, Rising far above the crowd, And her smile is like the sunshine, Breaking through a threatening cloud.

There's always a tomorrow and the hope of something new.

For each time you smile you will find it's true somebody, somewhere, will smile back at you.

A wee bit of heaven drifted down from above, a handful of happiness, a heart full of love.

A mother's love is like an island, In life's ocean vast and wide, A peaceful, quiet shelter, From the restless, rising tide.

And when the home is filled with love you'll always find God spoken of

A mother's love is like a fortress, And we seek protection there, When the waves of tribulation, Seem to drown us in despair.

A mother's love is a sanctuary, Where our soul can find sweet rest, From the struggle and the tension, Of life's fast and futile quest.

God grant me courage and hope for everyday, faith to guide me along my way, understanding and wisdom, too, and grace to accept what life gives me to do.

When you're troubled and worried and sick at heart And your plans are upset and your world falls apart, Remember God's ready and waiting to share The burden you find much too heavy to bear. So with faith, let go and let God lead the way Into a brighter and less troubled day.

Love changes darkness into light and makes the heart take a wingless flight.

When you are in troubled and worried and sick at heart And your plans are upset and your world falls apart, Remember God's ready and waiting to share The burden you find much to heavy to bear-- So with faith, "Let Go and Let GOD" lead your way Into a brighter and less troubled day

When you ask God for a gift, Be thankful if he sends, Not diamonds, pearls or riches, but the love of real true friends.

Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.

God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow, Teach me how to wait on You when my way I do not know. Teach me sweet forbearance when things do not go right So I remain unruffled when others grow uptight. Teach me how to quiet my racing, rising heart So I might hear the answer You are trying to impart. Teach me to let go, dear God, and pray undisturbed until My heart is filled with inner peace and I learn to know your will.

Time is not measured by the years that you live But by the deeds that you do and the joy that you give- And each day as it comes brings a chance to each one To love to the fullest, leaving nothing undone That would brighten the life or lighten the load Of some weary traveler lost on Life's Road- So what does it matter how long we may live If as long as we live we unselfishly give.

The way to real growth is not to become more powerful or more famous, but to become more human and more tolerant.