George MacDonald
Age is not all decay it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
-George MacDonald
age
Attitudes are more important than facts.
-George MacDonald
attitude
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.
-George MacDonald
best
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.
-George MacDonald
best
It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
-George MacDonald
best
How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
-George MacDonald
death
The principle part of faith is patience.
-George MacDonald
faith
How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
-George MacDonald
fear
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
-George MacDonald
forgiveness
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.
-George MacDonald
friendship
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.
-George MacDonald
future
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.
-George MacDonald
god
It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
-George MacDonald
god
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.
-George MacDonald
men
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.
-George MacDonald
nature
The principle part of faith is patience.
-George MacDonald
patience
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.
-George MacDonald
politics
To have what we want is riches but to be able to do without is power.
-George MacDonald
power
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
-George MacDonald
sympathy
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
-George MacDonald
trust
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
-George MacDonald
trust
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.
-George MacDonald
wisdom
It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
-George MacDonald
work
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