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.

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

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

Amy Carmichael

I would rather burn out than rust out.

Amy Carmichael
- Burn
- Rust
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
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
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
All along, let us remember we are not asked to understand, but simply to obey.

Amy Carmichael
- Understand
- Obey
- Asked

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
Thank God, He doesn't measure out grace in teaspoons.

Amy Carmichael
- God
- Grace
- Teaspoons