Jim Elliot Quotes

"I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not."
- Jim Elliot
(Related: Impulses, Principles, Right)

"Wherever you are - be all there."
- Jim Elliot

"The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God."
- Jim Elliot
(Related: God, Sound, Will, Wind, Word)

"Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China."
- Jim Elliot

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
- Jim Elliot
(Related: Fool, Gain)

"Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly."
- Jim Elliot
(Related: God, Sons, Will)

"God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him."
- Jim Elliot
(Related: God, Choice)

"Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all."
- Jim Elliot
(Related: Act, First, Man, Martyr, Will)

"Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away."
- Jim Elliot
(Related: God, Soul, Law, Laws, Result)