Jim Elliot Quotes

The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect.

Jim Elliot

• Believe
• Perfect
• Bigger
• Acceptable
• Bargains

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• I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

  

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• Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

  

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• If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that.

  

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• I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.

  

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• I believe in unconditional love and equality. Jesus Christ exemplified these qualities.

  

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• On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.

  

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• I believe the universe has great plans for us. When you are young, you don't learn that.

  

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• 'Perfect' is about a set-up that looks perfect from the outside - beautiful country house, beautiful wife and mother, everything where it should be - and the deep fissures that, in fact, lie beneath that. 'Perfect' was partly a response to the shock of my first book, 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry,' being a success.

  

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• Once you have perfect virtual reality, what else are you supposed to perfect?

  

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• Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.

  

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• Like, you can find your dream, if you firmly believe. You have to have the innocence, and you have to have the daringness to trust.

  

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• I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.

  

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• Just personally, I've been attached to 'On the Road' since 2007 and it was the greatest thing in my life when I got cast in it. I couldn't believe it. When I was 17 and read the book, I looked it up on IMDb and it said that Francis Ford Coppola was going to direct it.

  

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• The Pyramids are perfect, but you can't put the Pyramids in the middle of Manhattan. In the desert, the combination of light and form makes it perfect.

  

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• I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.

  

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• People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.

  

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• I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.

  

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• I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.

  

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• It is widely accepted and understood that consumer decisions are as much influenced by emotional attachments to a product or service as by factors like price and performance. So why is it that when it comes to most aspects of human transportation, the world still seems to believe people are rational machines?

  

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• You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.

  

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• I am very bad at taking compliments. Even in school, when people told me that I look good, I could just manage an awkward thank you and a smile.

  

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• There are people out there with three jobs and small children. Being an actor is a walk in the park compared to working as a cleaner overnight. I'm lucky I'm not plucking chickens.

  

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• The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect.

  

  Jim Elliot
  • Believe
  • Perfect
  • Bigger