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George MacDonald Quotes: "A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks."

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body."

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.




George MacDonald Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion."

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.




George MacDonald Quotes: "Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great."

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.



George MacDonald Quotes: "No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear."

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.



George MacDonald Quotes: "To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.




George MacDonald Quotes: "It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another."

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.



George MacDonald Quotes: "How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset."

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



George MacDonald Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth."

God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth.



George MacDonald Quotes: "We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well."

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




George MacDonald Quotes: "If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, andhe that does not live to God, is dead."

If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, andhe that does not live to God, is dead.



George MacDonald Quotes: "In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably."

In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness."

Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.



George MacDonald Quotes: "The love of our neighbor is the only door out of the dungeon of self."

The love of our neighbor is the only door out of the dungeon of self.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the one thing hated."

Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the one thing hated.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly."

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



George MacDonald Quotes: "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."

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.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed."

Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed.



George MacDonald Quotes: "He who seeks the Father more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he is not likely to ask amiss."

He who seeks the Father more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he is not likely to ask amiss.



George MacDonald Quotes: "To give truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation."

To give truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation.



George MacDonald Quotes: "This is and has been the Father's work from the beginning-to bring us into the home of His heart."

This is and has been the Father's work from the beginning-to bring us into the home of His heart.



George MacDonald Quotes: "The purposes of God point to one simple end-that we should be as he is, think the same thoughts, mean the same things, possess the same blessedness."

The purposes of God point to one simple end-that we should be as he is, think the same thoughts, mean the same things, possess the same blessedness.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Do not measure God's mind by your own."

Do not measure God's mind by your own.



George MacDonald Quotes: "The mind of the many is not the mind of God."

The mind of the many is not the mind of God.



George MacDonald Quotes: "The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission."

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



George MacDonald Quotes: "The principle part of faith is patience."

The principle part of faith is patience.



George MacDonald Quotes: "You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud."

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



George MacDonald Quotes: "Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life."

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



George MacDonald Quotes: "I find the doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about his plans — I do not say for thinking about them."

I find the doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about his plans — I do not say for thinking about them.



George MacDonald Quotes: "To be kind neither hurts nor compromises."

To be kind neither hurts nor compromises.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Above all things, I delight in listening to stories, and sometimes in telling them."

Above all things, I delight in listening to stories, and sometimes in telling them.



George MacDonald Quotes: "If God were not only to hear our prayers, as he does ever and always, but to answer them as we want them answered, he would not be God our Saviour but the ministering genius of our destruction."

If God were not only to hear our prayers, as he does ever and always, but to answer them as we want them answered, he would not be God our Saviour but the ministering genius of our destruction.



George MacDonald Quotes: "I write, not for children,but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five."

I write, not for children,but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Trust to God to weave your thread into the great web, though the pattern shows it not yet."

Trust to God to weave your thread into the great web, though the pattern shows it not yet.



George MacDonald Quotes: "The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth."

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom."

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



George MacDonald Quotes: "All things are possible with God, but all things are not easy."

All things are possible with God, but all things are not easy.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God."

Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Beauty and sadness always go together."

Beauty and sadness always go together.



George MacDonald Quotes: "I am perplexed at the stupidity of the ordinary religious being. In the most practical of all matters he will talk and speculate and try to feel, but he will not set himself to do."

I am perplexed at the stupidity of the ordinary religious being. In the most practical of all matters he will talk and speculate and try to feel, but he will not set himself to do.



George MacDonald Quotes: "You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave."

You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.



George MacDonald Quotes: "It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the act of a moment of passion: the latter is the heart’s choice."

It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the act of a moment of passion: the latter is the heart’s choice.



George MacDonald Quotes: "To judge religion we must have it--not stare at it from the bottom of a seemingly interminable ladder."

To judge religion we must have it--not stare at it from the bottom of a seemingly interminable ladder.



George MacDonald Quotes: "Past tears are present strength."

Past tears are present strength.



George MacDonald Quotes: "My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am."

My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am.



George MacDonald Quotes: "It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity."

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



George MacDonald Quotes: "In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell."

In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell.