783 Quotes by George MacDonald

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

Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.

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

And her life will perhaps be the richer, for holding now within it the memory of what came, but could not stay.

If there be music in my reader, I would gladly wake it.

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

Seeing is not believing - it is only seeing.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet.

To love righteousness is to make it grow, not to avenge it. Throughout his life on earth, Jesus resisted every impulse to work more rapidly for a lower good.