Prayer is our working method.
— Ernest Weinhardt (1900-1946), The Spirit of God Was Moving
Whatever can be said of my life and work, at least I have stayed put.
— Robert Speer (1867-1947)
He is no fool to give up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
— Jim Elliot (1926-1952)
Proclaim the Word and argue about it less.
— William Cameron Townsend (1896-1982)
I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel it would be truer to give prayer the first, second, and third places, and teaching the fourth.
— James O. Fraser (1886-1938)
If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, wherever you are.
— Mary Slessor (1848-1915)
What are we here for, to have a good time with the Christians or to save sinners?
— Petra Malena “Malla” Moe (1863-1953)
I have seen, at different times, the smoke of a thousand villages – villages whose people are without Christ, without God, and without hope in the world.
— Robert Moffat (1795-1883)
As long as I see anything to be done for God, life is worth having; but O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end.
— David Brainerd (1718-1747)
Expect great things of God; attempt great things for God.
— Willam Carey (1761-1834)
Had I cared for the comments of people, I should never have been a missionary.
— C.T. Studd (1860-1931)
We need to look resolutely away from the impossibilities and to the Lord. His help will come…
— Isobel Kuhn (1901-1957)
I would rather die now than to live a life of oblivious ease in so sick a world.
— Nate Saint (1923-1956)
The motto of every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be “Devoted for life.”
— Adoniram Judson (1788-1850)
I have but one passion – it is He, it is He alone.
— Nicholaus von Zinzendorf (1700-1760)
The world is the field, and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be most used in winning souls for Christ.
— Nicholaus von Zinzendorf (1700-1760)
I can plod; I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I own everything.
— Willam Carey (1761-1834)
There are grave difficulties on every hand, and more are looming ahead – therefore we must go forward.
— Willam Carey (1761-1834)
If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.
— C.T. Studd (1860-1931)
Americans suffer from mono-lingual myopia – a disease of the tongue that affects the vision.
— Tom Brewster
An individual gospel without a social gospel is a soul without a body and a social gospel without an individual gospel is a body without a soul. One is a ghost and the other is a corpse.
— E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973)
Prepare for the worst; expect the best, and take what comes.
— Robert Speer (1867-1947)
The saddest thing one meets is the nominal Christian.
— Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)
The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says “Amen” and runs away from God before God has a chance to answer. Listening to God is far more important than giving him your ideas.
— Frank Laubach (1884-1970)
Prayer is the core of the day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse…
— Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)
First and foremost: Go to your work directly from your knees.
— Sue McBeth
Brother, if you would enter that Province, you must go forward on your knees.
— Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)
All God’s giants have been weak men and women who have gotten hold of God’s faithfulness.
— Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)
…when I am gone, say nothing about Dr. Carey. Speak about Dr. Carey’s Savior.
— Willam Carey (1761-1834)
It has been well for me to remember, when speaking to others, that I am a dying man speaking to dying souls.
— T.J. Bach
