“ If God gave it to me, we say it's mine. I can do what I want with it. No. The truth is that it is ours to thank Him for and ours to offer back to Him, ours to relinquish, ours to lose, ours to let go… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Must we always comment on life? Can it not simply be lived in the reality of Christ's terms of contact with the Father, with joy and peace, fear and love full to the fingertips in their turn, without… Elisabeth Elliot
“ I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able to honestly t… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Cwe give up all for the love of God? When the surrender of ourselves seems too much to ask, it is first of all because our thoughts about God Himself are paltry. We have not really seen Him, we have h… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Prayer is a law of the universe. As God has ordained that certain physical laws should govern the law of this universe, so He has ordained the spiritual law. Books simply will not stay put on the tabl… Elisabeth Elliot
“ The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness. Elisabeth Elliot
“ I took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. I assumed that those men would also be looking for women with principle. I did not want to be among… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Nothing has done more damage to the Christian view of life than the hideous notion that those who are truly spiritual have lost all interest in the world and its beauties. Elisabeth Elliot
“ It is a naive sort of feminism that insists that women prove their ability to do all the things that men do. This is a distortion and a travesty. Men have never sought to prove that they can do all th… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Some of God's greatest mercies are in his refusals. He says no in order that he may, in some way we cannot imagine, say yes. Elisabeth Elliot
“ Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy o… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts. Elisabeth Elliot
“ The ways of the world exalt themselves against God. They sometimes look rational and appealing to the most ernest disciple but Christ says to us then what He said to His disciples long ago, when many… Elisabeth Elliot
“ If I am to love the Lord my God with all my mind, there will not be room in it for carnality, for pride, for anxiety, for the love of myself. How can the mind be filled with the love of the Lord and h… Elisabeth Elliot
“ I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal. Elisabeth Elliot
