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Elisabeth Elliot Quotes: Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.
         

Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.


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Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!



Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.



Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.



The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.

The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.



Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.

Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.



Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.



Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.



If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.



God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.



To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.

To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.





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When you stop living your life based on what others think of you real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self acceptance opened.



In June 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since, off and on. I just live in Airbnb apartments and I check in every week in different homes in San Francisco.

In June 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since, off and on. I just live in Airbnb apartments and I check in every week in different homes in San Francisco.



It's a great honor... and it's an honor to be with her majesty, obviously... I'm very honored to be given this honor. (upon receiving the OBE)

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I do understand the free market, having my economics degree, and if someone on the right had some good ideas, I'm not so dogmatic that I wouldn't listen to them.



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The point to me is not what Donald Trump is saying because we keep reacting to just things he says in his tweets. What he is doing is important.

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Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.



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The light comes brighter from the east; the cawOf restive crows is sharper on the ear.

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