Famous George MacDonald Quotes

  • You had better not open that door. – George MacDonald

    You had better not open that door.– George MacDonald

  • It is not where one is, but in what direction he is going. – George MacDonald

    It is not where one is, but in what direction he is going.– George MacDonald

  • Heed not thy feeling. Do thy work. – George MacDonald

    Heed not thy feeling. Do thy work.– George MacDonald

  • How much time is wasted in what is called thought, but is merely care–an anxious idling over the fancied probabilities of result – George MacDonald

    How much time is wasted in what is called thought, but is merely care–an anxious idling over the fancied probabilities of result– George MacDonald

  • punishment had not been spared–with best results in patience and purification – George MacDonald

    punishment had not been spared–with best results in patience and purification– George MacDonald

  • No good ever comes of pride, for it is the meanest of mean things, and no one but he who is full of it thinks it grand. – George MacDonald

    No good ever comes of pride, for it is the meanest of mean things, and no one but he who is full of it thinks it grand.– George MacDonald

  • Work done is of more consequence for the future than the foresight of an angel. – George MacDonald

    Work done is of more consequence for the future than the foresight of an angel.– George MacDonald

  • The person who can not bear with a sick man or a baby is not fit to be a woman. – George MacDonald

    The person who can not bear with a sick man or a baby is not fit to be a woman.– George MacDonald

  • Ignorance is no reason with a fool for holding his tongue. – George MacDonald

    Ignorance is no reason with a fool for holding his tongue.– George MacDonald

  • Who can give a man this, his own name? – George MacDonald

    Who can give a man this, his own name?– George MacDonald