Elisabeth Elliot, Shadow Of The Almighty: The Life And Testament Of Jim Elliot Quotes
Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter." -Jim Elliot
Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims.
Needs multiply as they are met. Woe to the man who would live a disentangled life. Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!
The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
Let not him who accepts light in an instant despise him who gropes months in shadows.
It takes a while for revelry to turn to reverence, and much repetition of truth to eventual turn young zeal into habitual channels for good.
His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish.
We fundamentalists are a pack of mood-loving showoffs. I'm sure the Minor Prophets would have found subject for correction.
Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.
The spirit is liquid and easily flows and surges, sinking and boiling with the currents of circumstances. Bringing every thought into the obedience of Christ is no easy-chair job.
