Elisabeth Elliot Quotes

The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived – not always looked forward to as though the “real” living were around the next corner. It is today for which we are responsible. God still owns tomorrow.

God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.

For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, ‘Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?’

If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.

Choices will continually be necessary and — let us not forget — possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.