“ I wonder if she allowed the man to see her eagerness and scared him? Possibly her failure to wait quietly caused him to curtail the friendship. Elisabeth Elliot
“ I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it. Elisabeth Elliot
“ There is no such thing as Christian work. That is, there is no work in the world which is, in and of itself, Christian. Christian work is any kind of work, from cleaning a sewer to preaching a sermon,… Elisabeth Elliot
“ He who had known the ceaseless worship of angels came to be a slave to men. Preaching, teaching, healing the sick, and raising the dead were parts of his ministry, of course, and the parts we might co… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Is no great with Thee, there is no small, For Thou art all, and fillest all in all. Elisabeth Elliot
“ The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman. Elisabeth Elliot
“ The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman. Elisabeth Elliot
“ But you will find yourself disarmed utterly, and your accusing spirit transformed into loving forgiveness the moment you remember that you did, in fact, marry only a sinner, and so did he. Elisabeth Elliot
“ A young woman asked the great preacher Charles Spurgeon if it was possible to reconcile God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility. Young woman, said he. You don’t reconcile friends Elisabeth Elliot
“ The willingness to sacrifice that springs from a loving heart rather than the desire for spiritual distinction is surely acceptable to God. But, as in the case of Abraham's offering of his son Isaac,… Elisabeth Elliot
“ If the life of a man or woman on earth is to bear the fragrance of heaven the winds of God must blow on that life, winds not always balmy from the south, but fierce winds from the north that chill the… Elisabeth Elliot
“ God is God. If He is God, He is worthy of my worship and my service. I will find rest nowhere but in His will, and that will is infinitely, immeasurably, unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Faith's most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain. Elisabeth Elliot
“ Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all. Elisabeth Elliot
“ [Amy Carmichael's] great longing was to have a single eye for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek a… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don't expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright...resist the temptation to trifle with other people's feelings. Elisabeth Elliot
“ To love means to open ourselves to suffering. Shall we shut our doors to love, then and 'be safe'? That's the only alternative, really. But locking ourselves up and never facing another person won't f… Elisabeth Elliot
“ The other wives and I talked together one night about the possibility of becoming widows. What would we do? God gave us peace of heart, and confidence that whatever might happen, His Word would hold.… Elisabeth Elliot
