Jim Elliot Quotes
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It's hard to steer a parked car.
— Jim Elliot
The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes knowledge?
— Jim Elliot
Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.
— Jim Elliot
I have had to make a cross of two logs, and lie down on it, to show the Indians what it means to crucify a man.
— Jim Elliot
God is still on His throne, we're still on His 'footstool,' and there's only a knee's distance between!
— Jim Elliot
So many missionaries, intent on doing something, forget that His main work is to make something of them ...
— Jim Elliot
I do not know how to make a man think seriously about sin and judgment, and must look to the work of the Holy Spirit for any hint of such a working.
— Jim Elliot
It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.
— Jim Elliot
Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter. -Jim Elliot
— Elisabeth Elliot
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
— Jim Elliot
Singleness, simplicity, is required of me. One treasure, a single eye, and a sole Master!
— Jim Elliot
Why do you need a voice when you have a verse?
— Jim Elliot
The words of Jim Elliot were true: He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
— Warren W. Wiersbe
Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.
— Jim Elliot
We best learn patience by practicing it.
— Jim Elliot
Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.
— Jim Elliot
He is no fool who parts with that which he cannot keep, when he is sure to be recompensed with that which he cannot lose.
— Jim Elliot
Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.
— Jim Elliot
Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.
— Jim Elliot
Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.
— Jim Elliot
Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.
— Jim Elliot
God deliver me from the dread asbestos of "other things." Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be aflame.
— Jim Elliot
Children are arrows in a quiver, and they are to be trained as missionaries and shot at the Devil.
— Jim Elliot
What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?
— Jim Elliot
The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect.
— Jim Elliot
Ps 119:89-91: The settled Word in Heaven makes for a solid foundation on earth and a safe path for today.
— Jim Elliot
Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.
— Jim Elliot
Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call ... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond ...
— Jim Elliot
Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.
— Jim Elliot