Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Pre...
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“It takes a keen ear to distinguish the voice of the lion from that of the silly ostrich.”
“If success attend me, grant me humility; If failure, resignation to Thy will.”
Source: Livingstone's private journals, 1851-1853
Source: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa
Source: The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868
“To be aroused in the dark by five feet of cold, green snake gliding over one's face is unpleasant.”
Source: Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries: And of the Discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864
“It is far easier to travel than to write about it.”
Source: LIVINGSTONES'S TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SO UTH AFRICA
“I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.”
Source: Livingstone's private journals, 1851-1853
“All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.”
“Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.”
Source: The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death: Continued by a Narrative of His Last Moments and Sufferings, Obtained from His Faithful Servants, Chuma and Susi
“There is one safe and happy place, and that is in the will of God.”
“I am willing to go anywhere, anywhere, anywhere-provided it be forward.”
“Christ alone can save the world, but Christ cannot save the world alone.”
“The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet.”
Source: Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Sedgwick
“Oh, that I could dedicate my all to God. This is all the return I can make Him.”
“I view the end of the geographical feat as the beginning of the missionary enterprise.”
“Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond”
Source: Livingstone's Missionary Correspondence, 1841-1856
“Fastings and vigils without a special object in view are time run to waste.”
Source: The Life and African Explorations of Dr. David Livingstone: Comprising All His Extensive Travels and Discoveries : as Detailed in His Diary, Reports, and Letters, Including His Famous Last Journals : with Maps and Numerous Illustrations
Source: Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Sedgwick
Source: Some letters from Livingstone: 1840-1872