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At the Back of the North Wind
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"At the Back of the North Wind" Quotes

A young boy befriends the mysterious North Wind and experiences both joy and sorrow on magical adventures.

Quotes

Sometimes it's to do nothing that makes the difference.

George MacDonald

actiondecision making

It is not the high summer alone that is God's. It is the winter also. And the storm, the bitter cold, yea, the frost.

George MacDonald

faithnature

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, 'What are you going through?'

George MacDonald

empathylove

I know these things. But I have not seen them. That does not make them less true.

George MacDonald

knowledgebelief

It is not the way I should have chosen; but God knows, and I do not.

George MacDonald

faithsurrender

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.

George MacDonald

humilityself-improvement

It's not what a man does that makes him mean, but what he is.

George MacDonald

charactermorality

I don't want to be anything but what I am.

George MacDonald

self-acceptance

It's a good thing to be strong; but it's a bad thing to be rude.

George MacDonald

mannersstrength

It is the truth that makes men great, and not the fortune or the position.

George MacDonald

truthgreatness