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George MacDonald

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


— George MacDonald


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The principle part of faith is patience.


— George MacDonald


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


— George MacDonald


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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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Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.


— George MacDonald


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


— George MacDonald


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


— George MacDonald


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


— George MacDonald


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


— George MacDonald


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


— George MacDonald


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About George MacDonald

George MacDonald Quotes




Did you know about George MacDonald?

MacDonald grew up in the Congregational Church with an atmosphere of Calvinism. He took his degree at the University of Aberdeen and then went to London studying at Highbury College for the Congregational ministry. His father a farmer was one of the MacDonalds of Glen Coe and a direct descendant of one of the families that suffered in the massacre of 1692.

He is now known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy works and their influence on later authors such as W. K. S.

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