To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

Quote by George MacDonald

Topics: Being Trusted Quotes, Compliments Quotes, Love Quotes, Trust Quotes

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of...

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of...

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in...

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in...

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of...

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of...

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I...

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I...

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship...

But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship...

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man...

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man...

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to...

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to...

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is...

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is...

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the...

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the...

Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a...

Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a...

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep...

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep...

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are: a) willful ignorance b) a steadfast refusal to...

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are: a) willful ignorance b) a steadfast refusal to...

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to...

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to...

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics...

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics...