George MacDonald Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

Zitat des Tages von George MacDonald:

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

Attitudes are more important than facts.

George MacDonald

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

George MacDonald

We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.

George MacDonald

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

George MacDonald

Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty.

George MacDonald

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

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

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

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 the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

George MacDonald

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

George MacDonald

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

George MacDonald

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

George MacDonald

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

George MacDonald

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

George MacDonald

There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.

George MacDonald

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

George MacDonald

Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.

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

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.

George MacDonald

Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.

George MacDonald

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.

George MacDonald

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

George MacDonald

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

George MacDonald

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

George MacDonald

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.

George MacDonald