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God never gave a man a thing to do concerning which it were irreverent to ponder how the Son of God would have done it.

— George MacDonald

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Loyalty

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Trust to God to weave your little thread into the great web, though the pattern shows it not yet.

A genuine work of art must mean many things; the truer its art, the more things it will mean.

The Fantastic Imagination (1893)

Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies next to your hand.

One difference between God's work and man's is, that, while God's work cannot mean more than he meant, man's must mean more than he meant.

The Fantastic Imagination (1893)

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

The Marquis of Lossie (1877)

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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

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Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.

Woodrow Wilson

The root of all steadfastness is in consecration to God.

Alexander Maclaren

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