Johanna Spyri Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Johanna Spyri
I'll always say my prayers ... and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me. — Johanna Spyri
The grandfather explained to her that it was the sun that did it. "When he says good-night to the mountains he throws his most beautiful colors over them, so that they may not forget him before he comes again the next day. — Johanna Spyri
O how beautiful, look at the crimson snow! And up there on the rocks there are ever so many roses! — Johanna Spyri
Whoever has done a wrong deed and thinks that no one knows it, deceives himself. — Johanna Spyri
Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It was not so good as I thought. — Johanna Spyri
Saying good night to the mountains, the sun throws his most beautiful rays to them, that they may not forget him till the morning. — Johanna Spyri
A bad deed always brings a punishment. — Johanna Spyri
I want to be able to run about like the goats do. — Johanna Spyri
The happiest of all things is when an old friend comes and greets us as in former times; the heart is comforted with the assurance that some day everything that we have loved will be given back — Johanna Spyri
God certainly knows of some happiness for us which He is going to bring out of the trouble, only we must have patience and not run away. And then all at once something happens and we see clearly ourselves that God has had some good thought in His mind all along; but because we cannot see things beforehand, and only know how dreadfully miserable we are, we think it is always going to be so. — Johanna Spyri
For mercy's sake, the child is crazy!" exclaimed Miss Rottenmeier, running up the stairs. In her hurry she had bumped into Sebastian, who was just then coming down. "Bring the unlucky child up!" she called to him, rubbing her head. "All right, many thanks," answered the butler, rubbing his head, too, for he had encountered something far harder than she had. — Johanna Spyri
She is not fashioned for a life among strangers. — Johanna Spyri
The poor child felt like a little bird that is placed in a glittering cage. — Johanna Spyri
It (nursing) comes more from care than study. — Johanna Spyri
Heidi loudly wailed, Oh I want to go home. What the poor snowhopper will do without me? Grandmother is waiting for me everyday. Poor Thistlefinch gets blows if Peter gets no cheese, and I must see the sun again when he says good-night to the mountains. How the eagle would screech if he saw all the people here in Frankfurt. — Johanna Spyri
If you have a sorrow that you cannot tell to anyone, you can go to our Father in Heaven. — Johanna Spyri
Because I would rather be with my grandfather on Alp than anywhere on earth. — Johanna Spyri
Foresight is a virtue and averts many a misfortune. — Johanna Spyri
If you take big steps and climb with all your little might! — Johanna Spyri
Flowers are made to bloom in the sun and not to be shut up in an apron. — Johanna Spyri
If I spend every moment, for the rest of my days, thanking God for all his goodness to us, that would still not be enough. — Johanna Spyri
Dont grieve any more, see I am coming up with you everyday now, and if there is anything the matter, you can come to me. — Johanna Spyri
Go now and wash yourself first, for the sun will laugh at you if he sees how dirty you are. — Johanna Spyri
We must pray to God everyday to show we don't forget that all gifts come from Him. But if some wishes remain unfulfilled we must show our confidence in Him, for He knows best. — Johanna Spyri
We must never forget to pray, and to ask God to remember us when He is arranging things, so that we too may feel safe and have no anxiety about what is going to happen. — Johanna Spyri
Her peculiarities must not be punished. — Johanna Spyri
It was so lovely, Heidi stood with tears pouring down her cheeks, and thanked God for letting her come home to it again. She could find no words to express her feelings, but lingered until the light began to fade and then ran on. — Johanna Spyri
God arranges everything for us, so that we need have no more fear or trouble and may be quite sure that all things will come right in the end. — Johanna Spyri
No, but I feel as if a big stone is pressing me here. — Johanna Spyri
God is good to all of us. He knows what we need better than we do. And just because he thinks it is better not to give you what you want right now doesn't mean he isn't answering you. You shall have what you ask for but not until the right time comes. — Johanna Spyri
Let's enjoy the beautiful things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot. — Johanna Spyri
But she had to go to bed first, and all night she slept soundly on her bed of hay, dreaming of nothing but of shining mountains with red roses all over them, among which happy little Snowflake went leaping in and out. — Johanna Spyri
I'm making the bed now, oh, do come up and bring a sheet grandfather, for every bed must have a sheet. — Johanna Spyri