38 Helen Steiner Rice Quotes from American Writer

Helen Steiner Rice was an American poet.

After losing her father to the 1918 flu epidemic she worked her way up in a public utility to become an advertising manager a rare achievement for women then.

She also advocated for women’s rights. Her husband’s suicide in 1932 after financial loss led her to success in business and public speaking.

Rice became famous for her poems on the Lawrence Welk Show in the 1960s and her inspirational books sold millions.

Helen Steiner Rice Quotes

She passed away in 1981 just shy of her 81st birthday and was respected by personalities like Pope John Paul II and President Carter.

Below is a great collection of quotes by Helen Steiner Rice.


Best Helen Steiner Rice Quotes

Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

Love changes darkness into light and makes the heart take a wingless flight. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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More than guided missiles, all the world needs guided men. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

Today be happy with what you have – not discontent with what you don’t have. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

In everything both great and mall, We see the Hand of God in all. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

There’s always a tomorrow and the hope of something new. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

For a mother’s love is fashioned, After God’s enduring love, It is endless and unfailing, Like the love of Him above. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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

Comfort comes from knowing that people have made the same journey. And solace comes from understanding how others have learned to sing again. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

Famous Helen Steiner Rice Quotes

It takes a Mother’s Love to make a house a home, a place to be remembered, no matter where we roam. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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

No matter how steep the mountain – the Lord is going to climb it with you. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

So every year when Christmas comes, I realize a new, the best gift life can offer is having friends like you. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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The comfort and sweetness of peace. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

It takes a Mother’s Patience, to bring a child up right, And her Courage and her Cheerfulness to make a dark day bright. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

This great God loves us still, He loved us since the world began and what’s more, He always will. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

Stop wishing for things you complain you have not, and start making the best of all that you’ve got. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

Top Helen Steiner Rice Quotes

And when the home is filled with love you’ll always find God spoken of. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

Never borrow sorrow from tomorrow. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

A mother’s love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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

When you are in trouble 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. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

A Mother’s love is something that no one can explain, It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain, It is endless and unselfish and enduring come what may For nothing can destroy it or take that love away. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

Popular Helen Steiner Rice Quotes

After the clouds, the sunshine; after the winter, the spring; after the shower, the rainbow; for life is a changeable thing. After the night, the morning, bidding all darkness cease, after life’s cares and sorrows, the comfort and sweetness of peace. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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Once I’ve met someone, the years cannot erase, the memory of a pleasant word or a friendly face. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

Mover of Mountains Faith is a force that is greater than knowledge or power or skill, And the darkest defeat turns to triumph if you trust in God’s wisdom and will, For faith is a mover of mountains – there’s nothing man cannot achieve If he has the courage to try it and then has the faith to believe. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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! ~ Helen Steiner Rice.

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

May tender memories soften your grief, May fond recollection brings you relief, And may you find comfort and peace in the thought Of the joy that knowing your loved one brought… For time and space can never divide Or keep your loved one from your side. When memory paints in colors true, the happy hours that belonged to you. ~ Helen Steiner Rice.



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