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May Quotes by George MacDonald
- No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of the Epistles were…
- As cold as everything looks in winter, the sun has not forsaken us. He has only drawn away for a little, for good reasons, one…
- Except the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus make a man sick of his opinions, he…
- They will pressure you into doing things that may be unsafe, use your good judgment, and remember, 'I would rather be laughed at, than cried…
- [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship," for power alone…
- It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.
- He (God) can be revealed only to the child; perfectly, to the pure child only. All the discipline of the world is to make men…
- Love me, beloved; Hades and Death Shall vanish away like a frosty breath; These hands, that now are at home in thine, Shall clasp thee…
- It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the act of a…
- We must do the thing we must Before the thing we may; We are unfit for any trust Till we can and do obey.
- Doubt may be a poor encouragement to do anything, but it is a bad reason for doing nothing.
- What God may hereafter require of you, you must not give yourself the least trouble about. Everything He gives you to do, you must do…
- He may delay because it would not be safe to give us at once what we ask: we are not ready for it. To give…
- Let me, if I may, be ever welcomed to my room in winter by a glowing hearth, in summer by a vase of flowers. If…
- If both Church and fairy-tale belong to humanity, they may occasionally cross circles, without injury to either.
- In very truth, a wise imagination, which is the presence of the spirit of God, is the best guide that man or woman can have;…
- Why are all reflections lovelier than what we call reality? -- not so grand or so strong, it may be, but always lovelier? Fair as…
- It is vain to think that any weariness, however caused, any burden, however slight, may be got rid of otherwise than by bowing the neck…
- It may be infinitely worse to refuse to forgive than to murder, because
- Forgiveness is the giving and so the receiving of life. the latter may be an impulse of a moment of heat; whereas the former is…
- Oh, I believe that there is no away; that no love, no life, goes ever from us; it goes as He went, that it may…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong