Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.
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When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!
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Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
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You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
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Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
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My husband cooks fancier food for himself than I've ever cooked on-air. I call him from the road, and he's making champagne-vanilla salmon or black-cherry pork chop. Half of me is feeling unworthy. Not only am I not a chef, I'm not a better cook than my own husband!
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
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Those of us lucky enough to fall in love with Asia know that it's an affair that's as long as it is resonant.
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A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose.
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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.
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Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.
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I decided to make a lifetime commitment against social injustices, against inequalities, and that is why I am profoundly from the Left.
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There are no tough guys in wrestling.
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
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He didn’t know if he had the right or not. Didn’t know if he was taking like a Red man, just what the land offered, or stealing like a White man, murdering whatever it pleased him to kill.
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She always set three alarms for fear that the first employees to arrive would discover her sleeping - a Goldilocks without her bears.
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I quite enjoy sport, and I'm now an Olympic champion. It's a bit weird, isn't it?
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I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My recollection of hearing other music was that I liked some things that I heard but I always thought, 'Where's the rest of it?' It didn't have the same amount of detail or instrumentation or imagination in the arrangements.
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Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
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Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheimer's with my words, my apology, hoping that in his heart he heard me and understood.
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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.
