George MacDonald Quotes

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.

I think God always has the best for us.

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.

Throughout our lives, God's grace bestows temporal blessings and spiritual gifts that magnify our abilities and enrich our lives. His grace refines us. His grace helps us become our best selves.

I do not believe that God has imposed suffering upon anyone to punish them or to teach them a lesson.

God can show you just what you need to give, even if you don't know exactly why you're giving it. That's why we should always seek God and prepare to give Him our very best.

God never does anything wrong. He knows what is best for me. No man can understand God, or know why He deals with us as He does.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

What I love about believing in a living God is that I believe God is constantly revealing God's self to us over time, and with each succeeding generation, we come a little closer to understanding the mind of God.

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things.

Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But God knoweth, and ye know not.

I can resist everything except temptation.

Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.

When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole.

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Let us realize the state we are in. Let us learn what needs to be learnt. Religion and God demand it.

Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change themselves

If this is of God, it will endure …

To pray for any thing, which we can obtain by the due application of our natural powers, and neglect the means of procuring it, is impertinence and laziness in the abstract; and to pray for that which God in the course of his providence, has put out of our power to obtain, is only murmuring against God, and finding fault with his providence, or acting the inconsiderate part of a child.

God has not made a world which suits all; how shall a sane man expect to please all?

Remember, life itself is a mission. While we are on the go, we need to stop between steps to re-focus on the Word and the Will of God. While we are on the go, I mean, while we are on the mission, we need to sometimes stop at intervals to assess our progress and prepare ourselves for the challenges ahead.