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I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.
George MacDonald
Time
God
Will
How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
George MacDonald
Death
Fear
Sunset
Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
George MacDonald
Friends
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
George MacDonald
Forgiveness
Life
Giving
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
George MacDonald
Trust
Attitudes are more important than facts.
George MacDonald
Facts
Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.
George MacDonald
Light
Prayer
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
Life
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
Being
Man
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
George MacDonald
Man
Today
Tomorrow
Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.
George MacDonald
God
Shadows
The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.
George MacDonald
Acceptance
First
Kindness
To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.
George MacDonald
Power
Want
To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
George MacDonald
Oil
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
Thought
Heart
Friend
Angels
Giving