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title: "27 Ifs Quotes By George MacDonald"
description: "27 Ifs quotes by George MacDonald. Plus more from George MacDonald and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [If you care to see God, be pure. If you will not be pure, you will grow more and more impure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/if-you-care-to-see-god-be-pure-if-you-will-not-be-pure-you-will-grow/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [What does God want me to do?”, not “What will God do if I do so and so?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/what-does-god-want-me-to-do-not-what-will-god-do-if-i-do-so-and-so/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [If there be music in my reader, I would gladly wake it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/if-there-be-music-in-my-reader-i-would-gladly-wake-it/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [If we knew as much about heaven as God does, we would clap our hands every time a Christian dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/if-we-knew-as-much-about-heaven-as-god-does-we-would-clap-our-hands/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, andhe that does not live to God, is dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/if-we-do-not-die-to-ourselves-we-cannot-live-to-god-andhe-that-does/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [I say again, if I cannot draw a horse, I will not write THIS IS A HORSE under what I foolishly meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-say-again-if-i-cannot-draw-a-horse-i-will-not-write-this-is-a-horse/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [If those who had set themselves to explain the various theories of Christianity had set themselves instead to do the will of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/if-those-who-had-set-themselves-to-explain-the-various-theories-of/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him, if you do not do anything He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/it-is-simply-absurd-to-say-you-believe-or-even-want-to-believe-in-him/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [Now and then, when I look round on my books, they seem to waver as if a wind rippled their solid mass,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/now-and-then-when-i-look-round-on-my-books-they-seem-to-waver-as-if-a/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [If there be a God and one has never sought him, it will be small consolation to remember that one could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/if-there-be-a-god-and-one-has-never-sought-him-it-will-be-small/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [It's right to trust in God; but, if you don't stand to your halliards your craft'll miss stays, and your faith'll be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/it-s-right-to-trust-in-god-but-if-you-don-t-stand-to-your-halliards/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [I learned that it is better, a thousandfold , for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-learned-that-it-is-better-a-thousandfold-for-a-proud-man-to-fall/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [How many people would like to be good, if only they might be good without taking trouble about it! They do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/how-many-people-would-like-to-be-good-if-only-they-might-be-good/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [Some thinkers would feel sorely hampered if at liberty to use no forms but such as existed in nature, or to invent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/some-thinkers-would-feel-sorely-hampered-if-at-liberty-to-use-no/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have, this day, done one thing because He said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/instead-of-asking-yourself-whether-you-believe-or-not-ask-yourself/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [One who not merely beholds the outward shows of things, but catches a glimpse of the soul that looks out of them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/one-who-not-merely-beholds-the-outward-shows-of-things-but-catches-a-2/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [Diamond, however, had not been out so late before in all his life, and things looked so strange about him! - just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/diamond-however-had-not-been-out-so-late-before-in-all-his-life-and/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [O Christ, my life, possess me utterly. Take me and make a little Christ of me. If I am anything but thy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/o-christ-my-life-possess-me-utterly-take-me-and-make-a-little-christ/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [Those Christians who are very strict in their observances, think a good deal more of the Sabbath than of man, a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/those-christians-who-are-very-strict-in-their-observances-think-a/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [All about us, in earth and air, wherever the eye or ear can reach, there is a power ever breathing itself forth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/all-about-us-in-earth-and-air-wherever-the-eye-or-ear-can-reach-there/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [The ruin of a man's teaching comes of his followers, such as having never touched the foundation he has laid, build upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-ruin-of-a-man-s-teaching-comes-of-his-followers-such-as-having/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [If it were not for the outside world, we would have no inside world to understand things by. Least of all could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/if-it-were-not-for-the-outside-world-we-would-have-no-inside-world-to/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [To the dim and bewildered vision of humanity, God's care is more evident in some instances than in others; and upon such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/to-the-dim-and-bewildered-vision-of-humanity-god-s-care-is-more/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of your neighbors if they will let you; and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/you-ve-got-to-save-your-own-soul-first-and-then-the-souls-of-your/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [But God lets men have their playthings, like the children they are, that they may learn to distinguish them from true possessions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/but-god-lets-men-have-their-playthings-like-the-children-they-are/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [Now I want you to think that in life troubles will come, which seem as if they never would pass away. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/now-i-want-you-to-think-that-in-life-troubles-will-come-which-seem-as/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/sad-indeed-would-the-whole-matter-be-if-the-bible-had-told-us/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by George MacDonald

> [“No revelation can be other than partial. If for true revelation a man must be told all the truth, then farewell to revelation; yea,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/no-revelation-can-be-other-than-partial-if-for-true-revelation-a-man/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/in-low-theologies-hell-is-invariably-the-deepest-truth-and-the-love/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Life and religion are one, or neither is any thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/life-and-religion-are-one-or-neither-is-any-thing/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-region-belonging-to-the-pure-intellect-is-straitened-the/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/come-then-affliction-if-my-father-wills-and-be-my-frowning-friend-a/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Ah, what is it we send up thither, where our thoughts are either a dissonance or a sweetness and a grace?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/ah-what-is-it-we-send-up-thither-where-our-thoughts-are-either-a/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/you-must-learn-to-be-strong-in-the-dark-as-well-as-in-the-day-else/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/few-delights-can-equal-the-mere-presence-of-one-whom-we-trust-utterly/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [“You have tasted of death now,” said the old man. “Is it good?” “It is good,” said Mossy. “It is better than life.” “No,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/you-have-tasted-of-death-now-said-the-old-man-is-it-good-it-is-good/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [ “I wish I had \[made that song\]. No, I don't That would be to take it from somebody else. But it's mine for all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-wish-i-had-made-that-song-no-i-don-t-that-would-be-to-take-it-from/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Past tears are present strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/past-tears-are-present-strength/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/age-is-not-all-decay-it-is-the-ripening-the-swelling-of-the-fresh/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [I want to help you grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/i-want-to-help-you-grow-as-beautiful-as-god-meant-you-to-be-when-he/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [“Immeasurably imperfect it was, but false the impression could not be, for she saw with the eyes made for seeing, and saw indeed what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/immeasurably-imperfect-it-was-but-false-the-impression-could-not-be/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

> [Those that hope little cannot grow much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/those-that-hope-little-cannot-grow-much/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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                        "text": "Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is the Bible greatly wronged. It nowhere lays claim to be regarded as the Word, the Way, the Truth. The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the ever-unfolding Revelation of God. It is Christ \"in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,\" not the Bible, save as leading to Him.",
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