Quotes by Jim Elliot

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

— Jim Elliot

Wisdom

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

— Jim Elliot

Wisdom

Wherever you are - be all there.

— Jim Elliot

Wisdom

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

Happiness

It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.

— Jim Elliot

Wisdom

The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.

— Jim Elliot

Wisdom

Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

— Jim Elliot

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.

— Jim Elliot

Wisdom

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

— Jim Elliot

Wisdom