George MacDonald Quotes

» We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.

» If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

» It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

» It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

» To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.

» Attitudes are more important than facts.

» Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.

» Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

» To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

» Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.

» Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

» To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

» Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

» When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.

» You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.

» How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

» The principal part of faith is patience.

» The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.

» Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

» Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.

» Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.

» The principle part of faith is patience.

» To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

» To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.

» Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty.

» The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.

» I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

» The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

» It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

» Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

» A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.

» It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.

» There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.

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