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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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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In a democratic scheme, money invested in the promotion of learning gives a tenfold return to the people even as a seed sown in good soil returns a luxuriant crop.
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We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more [Christlike], that we do not become discouraged and lose hope. Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.
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If you don't surrender to God, don't think you don't surrender. Everybody surrenders -- to something.
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Within walking distance of any spot on Earth there's probably more than enough mystery to investigate in a lifetime.
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If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior.
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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
