Quotessence
Home / Authors / Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot

Elisabeth Elliot Quotes

Author

Filter quotes by topic

AllIfsInspiringGivingHeartChristianChristWantDoeMenPassion And PurityGivenSufferingDisciplineJesusKnowsNeedsHandsMayWayPrayer

Famous Elisabeth Elliot Quotes

“Lead me, Lord, to the Rock that is higher than I. Let me hear your word, give me grace to obey, to build steadily, stone upon stone, day by day, to do what You say. Establish my heart where floods have no power to overwhelm, for Christ's sake. Amen.”

GivingHeartChristLordGraceRocksHigherMy HeartOne DayStonesLet MeGive MeSakeFloodAmenLeading Me
Book:A Lamp unto My Feet: The Bible's Light for Your Daily Walk
Create image

“God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that He act in ways that satisfy my idea of justice. It is the same spirit that taunted, "If Thou be the Son of God, come down from the Cross." There is unbelief, there is even rebellion, in the attitude that says, "God has no right to do this to five men unless...”

IfsMenWayHeartIdeasSpiritJusticeAttitudeFiveSonMy HeartDemandCrossesRebellionUnbelief
Book:Through Gates of Splendor
Create image

“God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our affairs as well as we can, we certainly will not submit to His discipline. …To the unbeliever the fact of suffering only convinces him that God is not to be trusted, does not love us. To the believer, the opposite is true.”

IfsWellsHeartDoeFactsSufferingDisciplineOppositesAffairBelieverGods WillManageConvinceSuspectsSubmitTrustedDisappointUnbelievers
Author:Elisabeth Elliot
Create image

“It is through the tender austerity of our troubles that the Son of Man comes knocking. In every event He seeks an entrance to my heart, yes, even in my most helpless, futile, fruitless moments. The very cracks and empty crannies of my life, my perplexities and hurts and botched-up jobs, He wants to fill with Himself, His joy, His life...He urges me to learn of Him: 'I am gentle and humble in heart.”

MenWantHeartMomentsJobsJoyHurtTroubleEventsSonMy HeartEmptyHumbleGentleUrgesCracksHelplessKnockingEntrancesAusterityPerplexity
Author:Elisabeth Elliot
Create image

“If God gave it to me," we say "it's mine. I can do what I want with it." No. The truth is that it is ours to thank Him for and ours to offer back to Him, ours to relinquish, ours to lose, ours to let go of - if we want to find our true selves, if we want real Life, if our hearts are set on glory.”

IfsWantHeartI CanRealSelfCan DoLosesMinesTruth IsOffersLetting GoGloryReal LifeTrue Self
Book:Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control
Create image

“Heaven is not here, it's There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for”

IfsWorldHeartLongStillsWantedNextGivenHeavenForeverThis WorldInvisibleKingdomsSettlingWooing
Book:A Path Through Suffering: Discovering the Relationship Between God's Mercy and Our Pain
Create image

“I am convinced that the human heart hungers for constancy. In forfeiting the sanctity of sex by casual, nondiscriminato ry "making out" and "sleeping around," we forfeit something we cannot well do without. There is dullness, monotony, sheer boredom in all of life when virginity and purity are no longer protected and prized.”

HumansWellsHeartSexSleepHungerConvincedBoredomPurityProtectedSheerHuman HeartCasualVirginitySanctityConstancyMonotonyDullnessForfeitPassion And PuritySleeping Around
Author:Elisabeth Elliot
Create image

“The difficulty is to keep a tight reign on our emotions. They may remain, but it is not they who are to rule the action. They have no authority. A life lived in God is not lived on the plane of the feelings, but of the will. In Scripture the heart is the will - the man himself, the spring of all action, the ruling power bestowed on him by his Creator, capable of choosing and acting.”

MenHeartMayFeelingsActionActingEmotionHe ManAuthorityCapableSpringDifficultyCreatorScripturePlanesReignRuling
Book:Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity
Create image

“The heart set to do the Father's will need never fear defeat. His promises of guidance may be fully counted upon. Does it make sense to believe that the Shepherd would care less about getting His sheep where He wants them to go than they care about getting there?”

WantNeedsBelieveHeartMayDoeCareFatherPromiseDefeatMake SenseGuidanceSheepShepherdsNever Fear
Book:Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control
Create image