David Livingstone Quotes

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• God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours.

  David Livingstone

  God, Religious, Heart

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• If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?

  David Livingstone

  Wisdom, Kings, Inspiration

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• I'd rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God, than on the throne of England, out of the will of God.

  David Livingstone

  Heart, Thrones, England

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• If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.

  David Livingstone

  Commitment, Want, Knows

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• There is one safe and happy place, and that is in the will of God.

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  Safe, Happy Place, Gods Will

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• People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.

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  Sacrifice, People, Missionary

  David Livingstone (1858). “Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Sedgwick”, p.23

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• Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!

  David Livingstone

  Steps, Christ, Notes

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• Shall I tell you what supported me through all those years of exile among a people whose language I could not understand and whose attitude towards me we always uncertain and often hostile? It was this: "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world".

  David Livingstone

  Attitude, Years, People

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• I am a missionary, heart and soul. God had an only Son, and He was a missionary and a physician. I am a poor, poor imitation of Him, or wish to be. In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die!

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  Heart, Son, Wish To Die

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• I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.

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  Goal, Decision, Purpose

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• I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Change

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• Christ alone can save the world, but Christ cannot save the world alone.

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  Missionary, World, Christ

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• It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. Anxiety, sickness, suffering, or danger, now and then, with a foregoing of the common conveniences and charities of this life, may make us pause, and cause the spirit to waver, and the soul to sink; but let this only be for a moment. All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.

  David Livingstone

  Sacrifice, Anxiety, Soul

  David Livingstone (1858). “Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Sedgwick”, p.23

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• And although I see few results, future missionaries will see conversions following every sermon. May they not forget the pioneers who worked in the thick gloom with few rays to cheer, except such as flow from faith in the precious promises of God's Word.

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  Cheer, Promise, Rays

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• I am immortal till my work is accomplished

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  Missionary, Accomplished, Immortal

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• The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet.

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  Sick, Church, Missionary

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• Sympathy is no substitute for action.

  David Livingstone

  Christian, Prayer, Religion

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• I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything will advance the interests of that kingdom, it shall be given away or kept only in reference to whether giving or keeping will most promote the glory1 of him to whom I owe all my hopes in time and eternity.

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  Giving, May, Kingdoms

  "Livingstone's private journals, 1851-1853".

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• Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give.

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  Christian, Believe, Godly

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• People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. Can that be called a sacrifice which is simply paid back as a small part of a great debt owing to our God, which we can never repay? All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.

  David Livingstone

  Sacrifice, People, Debt

  David Livingstone (1858). “Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Sedgwick”, p.23

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• God had only one Son, and He was a missionary.

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  Son, Missionary, Missions

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• There is a Ruler above, and His Providence guides all things. He is our Friend and has plenty of work for all His people to do. It is such a blessing and a privilege to be led into His work instead of into the service of the hard taskmasters - the Devil and sin.

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  Blessing, People, Devil

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• It is my desire to show my attachment to the cause of Him who died for me by devoting my life to His service.

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  Attachment, Desire, Missionary

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• Death alone will put a stop to my effort!

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  Effort, Missionary, Missions

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• This generation can only reach this generation.

  David Livingstone

  This Generation, Missionary, Generations

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