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Quote by George MacDonald
To have what we want is riches but to be able to do without is pow

To have what we want is riches but to be able to do without is power. – George MacDonald

Other quotes by 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

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Friendship
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George MacDonald
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One of the good things that come of a true marriage is, that there is one face on which changes come without your seeing them; or rather there is one face which you can still see the same, through all the shadows which years have gathered upon it. – George MacDonald

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Marriage
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George MacDonald
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In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention. – Simone Weil

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power

I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself . – Anne Bronte

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power

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power. – Pierre Corneille

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power

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. – Voltaire

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power

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The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget. – Leonard Boswell

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The problem with being British… I dont know if its me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success. – Danny Boyle

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The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. – Hamilton

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A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. – Annie Dillard

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