Elizabeth Payson Prentiss (1818–78) was an American author, well known for her hymn “More Love to Thee, O Christ” and the religious novel Stepping Heavenward. Her writings enjoyed renewed popularity in the late 20th century.
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If you could once make up your mind never to undertake more work … than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without hurry or flurry … and if the instant you feel yourself growing nervous and … out of breath, you would stop and take a breath, you would find this simple common-sense rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever accomplish.
—Elizabeth Prentiss
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