Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
George MacDonald
Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.
George MacDonald
Attitudes are more important than facts.
George MacDonald
Beauty and sadness always go together.Nature thought beauty too rich to go forthUpon the earth without a meet alloy.
George MacDonald
Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,
George MacDonald
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
George MacDonald
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
George MacDonald
Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
George MacDonald
How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
George MacDonald
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
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
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
George MacDonald
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
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
The principal part of faith is patience.
George MacDonald
To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.
George MacDonald
To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.
George MacDonald
To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
George MacDonald
We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.
George MacDonald
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
George MacDonald
You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.
George MacDonald
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Type:
Novelist
Date of Birth:
1824-12-10
Year of Death:
1905
Nationality:
Scottish |
