Quotes From "Shadow Of The Almighty: The Life And Testament Of Jim Elliot" By Elisabeth Elliot

Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims. Elisabeth Elliot

Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life. Elisabeth Elliot

Must we always comment on life? Can it not simply be lived in the reality of Christ's terms of contact with the Father, with joy and peace, fear and love full to the fingertips in their turn, without incessant drawing of lessons and making of rules? Elisabeth Elliot

His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish. Elisabeth Elliot

We fundamentalists are a pack of mood-loving showoffs. I'm sure the Minor Prophets would have found subject for correction. Elisabeth Elliot

The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness. Elisabeth Elliot

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is. Elisabeth Elliot

Let not him who accepts light in an instant despise him who gropes months in shadows. Elisabeth Elliot

It takes a while for revelry to turn to reverence, and much repetition of truth to eventual turn young zeal into habitual channels for good. Elisabeth Elliot

The spirit is liquid and easily flows and surges, sinking and boiling with the currents of circumstances. Bringing every thought into the obedience of Christ is no easy-chair job. Elisabeth Elliot

Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter." -Jim Elliot Elisabeth Elliot

Needs multiply as they are met. Woe to the man who would live a disentangled life. Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth! Elisabeth Elliot