BookBrief Logo
The Princess and the Goblin
Goodreads ratings
4 / 5
Add to Your Library

Sign in to save this book to your reading lists

"The Princess and the Goblin" Quotes

A brave princess and a curious miner's son team up to outwit the menacing goblins and save their kingdom.

Quotes

It's impossible to be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

George MacDonald

braveryadversity

I can only do my best, and my best will be good enough.

George MacDonald

self-confidenceperseverance

Faith is the mainspring of action. It is the presence of faith that keeps the soul working.

George MacDonald

faithaction

The only way to come at the truth about anything is to argue about it.

George MacDonald

truthdebate

The power of a thing to make us happy or unhappy is in proportion to the vividness of our conception of it.

George MacDonald

happinessperception

The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him.

George MacDonald

consciousnessencouragement

The more you try to be good, the better you'll become, and the happier you'll be.

George MacDonald

goodnesshappiness

All you have to do is to go on, and leave it to Him.

George MacDonald

faithtrust

It's better to be good than bad, but it's still better to be bad than nothing.

George MacDonald

goodnessaction

Getting out of breath is the first step in the way of getting into a rage.

George MacDonald

angerself-control