The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.

Elisabeth Elliot

There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.

Elisabeth Elliot

A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.

Elisabeth Elliot

It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.

Elisabeth Elliot

The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.

Elisabeth Elliot

When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.

Elisabeth Elliot

Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.

Elisabeth Elliot

By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere.

Elisabeth Elliot

Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.

Elisabeth Elliot

I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.

Elisabeth Elliot

The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude?

Elisabeth Elliot

Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you.

Elisabeth Elliot