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Elisabeth Elliot was an American author known for her descriptions of missionary life and profound explorations of Christian faith. Her works, including 'In This Day of Grace' and 'Passion and Purity', have influenced countless readers.

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Famous Elisabeth Elliot Quotes

“When you don't know what to do, do the thing in front of you.”

Knows Fronts

Author:Elisabeth Elliot

“A spirit of restlessness and resistance can never wait, but one who believes he is loved with an everlasting love, and knows that underneath are the everlasting arms, will find strength and peace.”

Knows Believe Spirit Waiting Arms Resistance Everlasting Restlessness Lasting Love Finding Strength Everlasting Love

Book:Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity

Source: Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity

“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.”

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Author:Elisabeth Elliot

“We are not asked to SEE," said Amy. "Why need we when we KNOW?" We know--not the answer to the inevitable Why, but the incontestable fact that it is for the best. "It is an irreparable loss, but is it faith at all if it is 'hard to trust' when things are entirely bewildering?”

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“To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.”

Knows Waiting Wise God Love Timing Appointments

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“We never know what God has up His sleeve. You never know what might happen; you only know what you have to do now.”

Knows Might Happens Sleeves

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“George Macdonald said, 'If you knew what God knows about death you would clap your listless hands', but instead I find old people in North America just buying this whole youth obsession. I think growing older is a wonderful privilege. I want to learn to glorify God in every stage of my life.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Want Said Whole Hands America Growing Wonderful Stage Youth Privilege Obsession Buying Old People God Knows Glorify North America Growing Older

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“The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,' Jesus said, 'he will find his true self.”

Ifs Knows Men World Looks Said Self Christian Joy Found Jesus Lost Sake True Self Abandonment Assertion

Author:Elisabeth Elliot

“One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.”

Knows Years Doe I Can Christ Lifetime Surrender Gods Will Maturity Accomplishment Instant Adequate Fullness Lifelong

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“If you take being a father seriously, you'll know that you're not big enough for the job, not by yourself...Being a father will put you on your knees if nothing else ever did.”

Ifs Knows Enough Bigs Jobs Father Knees Fathers Day Being A Father

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“The one who loves knows better than anyone else how to conduct himself, how to serve the one he loves. Love prescribes an answer in a given situation as no mere rule can do.”

Knows Given Can Do Answers Situation Mere

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“I'm convinced that there is nothing that can happen to me in this life that is not precisely designed by a sovereign Lord to give me the opportunity to learn to know Him.”

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“New Year's Day is a good time to fix one's eyes on the only One who knows what the year is to hold.”

Knows Years Eye Good Times New Year

Author:Elisabeth Elliot

“Sometimes we want things we were not meant to have. Because he loves us, the Father says no. Faith trusts that no. Faith is willing not to have what God is not willing to give. Furthermore, faith does not insist upon an explanation. It is enough to know His promises to give what is good-he knows so much more about us than we do.”

Knows Want Giving Doe Sometimes Enough Faith Father Willing Promise Explanation Faith Trust

Book:A Lamp for My Feet: The Bible's Light for Daily Living

Source: A Lamp for My Feet: The Bible's Light for Daily Living

About the Author

Born: December 21, 1926
Died: June 15, 2015
Known for: Author
Quotes: 270

Books & Sources

Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's ControlRelated source material

Discipline: The Glad SurrenderRelated source material

Let Me Be a WomanRelated source material

The Mark of a Man: Following Christ's Example of MasculinityRelated source material

A Lamp unto My Feet: The Bible's Light for Your Daily WalkRelated source material

Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and PurityRelated source material

On Asking God Why: And Other Reflections on Trusting God in a Twisted WorldRelated source material

Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim ElliotRelated source material

Through Gates of SplendorRelated source material

God's Guidance: Finding His Will for Your LifeRelated source material

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