Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel,
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It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is, when tomorrows burden is added to the burden of today, that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourselves so, my friends. If you find yourselves so loaded, at least remember this it is your own doing, not Gods. He begs you to leave the future to Him, and mind the present.George MacDonald
Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.
George MacDonald
People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn't seen some of it.
George MacDonald
Most of the Psalms were born in a wilderness. Most of the Epistles were written in a prison. The greatest thoughts of the greatest thinkers have all passed through the fire. The greatest poets have learned in suffering what they taught in song. In bonds Bunyan lived the allegory that he afterwards wrote, and we may thank Bedford Jail for the Pilgrim's Progress. Take comfort, afflicted Christian When God is about to make pre-eminent use of a person, He puts them in the fire.
George MacDonald
How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
George MacDonald
The Root of All Rebellion It is because we are not near enough to Thee to partake of thy liberty that we want a liberty of our own different from thine
George MacDonald
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