306 Quotes by Elisabeth Elliot

If God loves me, He´ll make me happy”. Well, yes and no. Happy isn´t the word, really. It´s joy, a far better thing. Not a sentiment, not mere “feeling good”, but something that can never be taken away.

The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. ‘If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,’ Jesus said, ’he will find his true self.

You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.

The heart set to do the Father’s will, need never fear defeat.

A spirit of restlessness and resistance can never wait, but one who believes he is loved with an everlasting love, and knows that underneath are the everlasting arms, will find strength and peace.

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

Waiting silently is the hardest thing of all.

We must quit bending the Word to suit our situation. It is we who must be bent to that Word, our necks that must bow under the yoke.

It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.