Amy Carmichael Quotes

India, Missionary
December 16, 1867 – January, 18, 1951.

Amy Beatrice Carmichael was a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for 55 years without furlough and wrote many books about the missionary work there.

I would rather burn out than rust out.

Amy Carmichael
- Burn
- Rust
We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them.

Amy Carmichael

Prayer is the core of the day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse.

Amy Carmichael
- Day
- Prayer
- Core
If you would live in victory . . . you must refuse to be dominated by the seen and the felt.

Amy Carmichael
- Victory
- Refuse
- Dominated
If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, where ever you are. Perhaps he may be in great peril at that moment.

Amy Carmichael
- Pray
- Missionary
- Peril
Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes.

Amy Carmichael
- Joy
- Acceptance
- Jolliness
Our loving Lord is not just present, but nearer than the thought can imagine - so near that a whisper can reach Him.

Amy Carmichael
- Present
- Imagine
- Lord
If you have never been hurt by a word from God, it is probably that you have never heard God speak.

Amy Carmichael
- God
- Hurt
- Word