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David Livingstone, born on March 19, 1813, in Scotland, was a renowned missionary, explorer, and geographer. He dedicated his life to missionary work in Africa and conducted numerous expeditions, making significant contributions to the study of African geography and culture.

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Famous David Livingstone Quotes

“I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.”

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Book:Livingstone's private journals, 1851-1853

Source: Livingstone's private journals, 1851-1853

“If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?”

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“Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give.”

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“Christ alone can save the world, but Christ cannot save the world alone.”

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“God had an only Son and He made Him a missionary.”

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“If we have not enough in our religion . . . to share it with all the world, it is doomed here at home.”

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“The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet.”

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“This generation can only reach this generation.”

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“Sympathy is no substitute for action.”

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“I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything will advance the interests of that kingdom, it shall be given away or kept only in reference to whether giving or keeping will most promote the glory1 of him to whom I owe all my hopes in time and eternity.”

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“People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.”

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Book:Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Sedgwick

Source: Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Sedgwick

“And although I see few results, future missionaries will see conversions following every sermon. May they not forget the pioneers who worked in the thick gloom with few rays to cheer, except such as flow from faith in the precious promises of God's Word.”

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“Oh, that I could dedicate my all to God. This is all the return I can make Him.”

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“I view the end of the geographical feat as the beginning of the missionary enterprise.”

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“It is my desire to show my attachment to the cause of Him who died for me by devoting my life to His service.”

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“Death alone will put a stop to my effort!”

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“God had only one Son, and He was a missionary.”

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“It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. Anxiety, sickness, suffering, or danger, now and then, with a foregoing of the common conveniences and charities of this life, may make us pause, and cause the spirit to waver, and the soul to sink; but let this only be for a moment. All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.”

Source: Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Sedgwick

“Fear God and work hard.”

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Book:David Livingstone: Missionary to Africa

Source: David Livingstone: Missionary to Africa

“In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die!”

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Book:Family Letters, 1841-1856

Source: Family Letters, 1841-1856

“Education has been given us from above for the purpose of bringing to the benighted the knowledge of the Saviour.”

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“If you knew the satisfaction of performing such a duty, as well as the gratitude to God which the missionary must always feel, in being chosen for so noble, so sacred a calling, you would have no hesitation in embracing it.”

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“I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office.”

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Book:Dr. Livingstone's Cambridge lectures: together with a prefatory letter

Source: Dr. Livingstone's Cambridge lectures: together with a prefatory letter

“People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. Can that be called a sacrifice which is simply paid back as a small part of a great debt owing to our God, which we can never repay? All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.”

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Book:Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Sedgwick

Source: Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Sedgwick