Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no doubt that the majority of Kansas Citians are happy with their three-terminal airport. I will advocate in Washington for our city to keep its unique airport as long as we want it.
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Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he may teach us how to overhear ourselves when we talk to ourselves... he may teach us how to accept change in ourselves as in others, and perhaps even the final form of change.
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Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
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I worry about children not having a sense of any direct connection to the past.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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If we did not have a feminine being within us, how would we rest ourselves?
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... all of us talk faster than we listen.
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I am not funny. The writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny… What I am is brave. I have never been scared. Not when I did movies, certainly not when I was a model and not when I did I Love Lucy.
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Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in a way that other people can't.
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Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.
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The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there's no ground.
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India has lot of talent. What I am happy with is that the talent keeps on coming. Certainly it could be nice, though I am not terribly keen on seeing my successor yet.
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There are two books laid before us to study, to prevent our falling into error; first, the volume of the Scriptures, which reveal the will of God; then the volume of the Creatures, which express His power.
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To be irreplaceable, you have to be different.
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I'll need my whole lifetime to polish my craft.
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I'm a lifelong bachelor, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't marry the right woman.
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The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were rigid believers in God. They illustrated that the numerical superiority does not count when it comes to the truth and the falsehood. The victory of Husain, despite his minority, marvels me!
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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
