Quotes by Jim Elliot

We best learn patience by practicing it.

The shiny paint laid on by curiositys hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes knowledge?

I only hope that He will let me preach to those who have never heard that name Jesus. What else is worthwhile in this life? I have heard of nothing better. Lord, send me!

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

We wouldnt think of rising in the morning without a face-wash, but we often neglect that purgative cleansing of the Word of the Lord. It wakes us up to our responsibility.

It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.

The sound of gentle stillness after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.

Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.

What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from ones life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrows pleasures, and finally leading one onto the rotten planking that overlies the mouth of the pit.

Wherever you are - be all there.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

Coming home, we stopped for a bite to eat and ran into a confused waitress. Had a heart-rending time trying to speak the Words of Life to her, and as I think of all this country now, many just as confused, and more so, I realized that the 39th Street bus is as much a mission field as Africa ever was.

“When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!”

“God always gives his best to those who leave the choice with him”