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George MacDonald

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.

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George MacDonald is saying that God values the highest quality of our efforts rather than whatever we produce when we are tired and worn out. He suggests that doing fewer things well is more important to God than doing many things poorly.

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