I only hope that He will let me preach to those who have never heard that name Jesus. What else is worthwhile in this life? I have heard of nothing better. 'Lord, send me!'
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Related Let me just tell you this, my aim in life is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, that's all I ... BENNY HINN When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. BIBLE I do know this... I seem to reach a lot of previously unchurched people. So many people have told me... JOEL OSTEEN I guarantee you that the people who watch 'Conan O'Brien' or who watch 'Entertainmen... JOHN TESH I recall my dad saying about me once that the only time he'd ever heard me say 'never' w... BOB DIAMOND I have failed 'Star Wars' trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms th... MARK HAMILL Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have ... MICHAEL FEINSTEIN When I first met Alan Parker, who directed 'Angel Heart,' he'd heard so many horror stor... MICKEY ROURKE You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you... B. B. KING I let go of false hope. I let go of the hope that they would transform in favour of working on my ow... DARLENE OUIMET Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still THALES OF MILETUS I've heard of nothing coming from nothing, but I've never heard of absolutely nothing coming... UZO ADUBA I'm not going to sit here and say, 'Pity me; I came from modeling.' It's opened a lo... BROOKLYN DECKER The greatest news that I could ever say is that Jesus is Lord and Savior of my life. He is my friend... NICK VUJICIC And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? /... BIBLE I heard that he said something like that, ... In the ring, it's only me and (Krasniqi). My trainer t... LAMON BREWSTER Jesus Christ is the source—the only source—of meaning in life. He provides the only satisfactory... JAMES C. DOBSON I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at pic... ALTON BROWN I thoroughly believe that any man who's got anything worthwhile to say will be heard if he only says... MARK TWAIN He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot. JIM ELLIOT As a wheelchair user, you can't move about freely. That's the only thing that bothers me a l... WOLFGANG SCHAUBLE I have to learn that the aim in life is God's, not mine. God is using me from His great personal sta... OSWALD CHAMBERS I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will nev... JONATHAN CARROLL Jim, you're my friend and I'm your lawyer. You know that I have never let you down. This is one time... SPENCER SIEGEL I've heard that we come on earth in pairs, get separated only to meet once again through marriag... RANI MUKERJI I'd never heard of Robert Hellenga; I didn't think a book with the name 'Snakewoman of L... CAROLYN SEE A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't peop... JERRY LEWIS I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he... KAREN FINERMAN Working with Mellencamp, I made new fans, people that may have never heard of me. They may have hear... CARLENE CARTER Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my ... AZIZ ANSARI Never turn to a Master for security for that is one thing he will never give you. He throws you upon... PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA The thing I want to really say is that I still mess up. I still go out there and say things on TV th... SHERRI SHEPHERD Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff g... TAYLOR LAUTNER Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip ab... CARRIE FISHER I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is - this thing that happens to everyone, so I'... TAYLOR SWIFT When I heard 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' I was like, OK. Some people look at it as a song writt... LADY GAGA He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missiona... ELISABETH ELLIOT I have heard it said that a complicated childhood can lead to a life in the arts. I tell you this st... STEVE MARTIN We only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in betwee... DAWN FRASER I thought this system could lead to us being re-marginalized by the party. I have seen or heard noth... JEFF SOREF What Fucks me... is that we both are the same... we all walk on the same path... but everything is a... DEYTH BANGER Government spending is taxation. When you look at this, I've never heard of a poor person spendi... ARTHUR LAFFER I've never heard Daft Punk; I've never heard a track of theirs in my life. They're the t... HENRY ROLLINS What I heard was that Bush is now positioned to have victory after victory. He'll have Social Se... PAT ROBERTSON I have heard one thing, that the One Lord alone is fearless. SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB Jesus is the perfect name! He who put away his fame! And persecuted in shame! That yo... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, ... ANONYMOUS It's been a long haul. It may seem to some people that have never heard of me, 'Oh she just ... LONI LOVE I never get tired of performing to people who want to hear me. Hell, that's my handshake to the ... RANDY BACHMAN I never see myself as the famous person. It never was a part of my life, and I hope this doesn't... AYELET ZURER I hope that my achievements in life shall be these -- that I will have fought for what was right and... C. HOPPE I hope that my achievements in life shall be these - that I will have fought for what was right and ... ART HOPPE I have heard nothing from my friends at The Family Guy. Yeah, I heard that they got picked up again ... PATRICK WARBURTON It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thoug... PAUL MCCARTNEY If nothing else in this long and short life, let me be true to my conscience, to the dignity of my o... JENNIFER DELUCY I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease
to ask of me. He who refuses noth... MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIAL Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his b... BIBLE When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered t... AZZEDINE ALAIA My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no ... OLIVIER MESSIAEN I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me. If I had had wo... MADELINE MILLER I've heard countless women - but not a single man - say to me, 'I could never stand up befor... LISA BLATT I have heard sometimes that men who lose an arm of a leg still feel that pain in those limbs, though... CASSANDRA CLARE I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and the... SEAN ASTIN When I wake up in night sweats, that's what I'm thinking about: what if someone grabs me fro... JESSICA WILLIAMS I've never heard from him, I don't have a clue as to what he's doing, or what he's about, or where h... JOSEPH BRUNO O Lord my God, tell me what you are to me. Say to my soul, I am your salvation . Say it so tha... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Most of you have probably never heard of me. DEBBIE REYNOLDS 'Have you ever considered changing the name Nasty Gal?' is probably the dumbest question I... SOPHIA AMORUSO I have never even heard of something that extreme in Grand Island, let alone right next door to my o... DANIELLE SAUTTER I have never been one of those actors who say, 'Oh, my character wouldn't do this,' or &... D. B. SWEENEY Well, everybody is trying to make this a money thing. If you send me to another team, let's see ... GARY SHEFFIELD Don't feel embarrassed if you've never heard of William Lane Craig. He parades himself as a ... RICHARD DAWKINS I hope justice will be preserved. I have no problem spending my tax dollars to let this man sit in j... ELLONIA BICKERS The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and... TAYLOR MALI Almost all of my jobs have been on locations. And I think you can be that person who says, 'I ha... ERIN CUMMINGS Every single thing I've done has made me who I am today. The only thing I would take back is hur... SCOTT WEILAND RSL has more star-liners than any other company, and covers every commercial route in known space. D... CHRISTINA ENGELA I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who... OLIVIER MESSIAEN I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. BIBLE The people of Serbia want to have a say in the decisions affecting them. And I hope that this choice... KOFI ANNAN He's the reason why I write music. If he's reading this - James Taylor, I'd love to work... CHARLIE PUTH My evidence that I am saved does not lie in the fact that I preach, or that I do this or that. All m... CHARLES SPURGEON I'm certainly hoping that all the recommendations that we have heard will be implemented. PHUMZILE MLAMBO-NGCUKA I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That... MUHAMMAD ALI If I'd been born ugly, you'd never have heard of Pele. GEORGE BEST What I've learned is that the audience is constantly rotating. Just because it feels like I'... SUZE ORMAN What irritates me are bands that pretend they've never heard of the Misfits or Danzig, but they&... GLENN DANZIG I never seen no shootin'. I only know what I heard and what I read. I had no involvement. SUGE KNIGHT When I heard all these people -- the thousands of people -- shout my name, it was the most beautiful... KOSTAS KENTERIS I never had money; I like nice things, but I don't let that run my life. At the same time, I hav... WALE There are no more surprises and shocks in life, so that I watch the flame without agitation. For me ... R.K. NARAYAN I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, ... GUNTER GRASS I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to m... T.S. ELIOT They tell me, Lord, that when I seem To be in speech with you. Since but one voice is heard, i... C.S. LEWIS I imagine there are a lot of people who will never be able to accept me because they feel I've l... NATALIE COLE It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new ... GARY BURTON I hope you outlive me so I never have to know what life is like without you. C.J. ENGLISH What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really g... LAURA LINNEY I told our Lord that I knew it was His cross that was now being placed upon the Jewish people; that ... EDITH STEIN
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ELISABETH ELLIOT George Macdonald said, 'If you knew what God knows about death you would clap your listless hands', ... ELISABETH ELLIOT Think of the self that God has given as an acorn. It is a marvelous little thing, a perfect shape, p... ELISABETH ELLIOT I am convinced that the human heart hungers for constancy. In forfeiting the sanctity of sex by casu... ELISABETH ELLIOT He is always doing something--the very best thing, the thing we ourselves would certainly choose if ... ELISABETH ELLIOT The Word of God I think of as a straight edge, which shows up our own crookedness. We can't really t... ELISABETH ELLIOT The heart which has no agenda but God's is the heart at leisure from itself. Its emptiness is filled... ELISABETH ELLIOT The principles of gain through loss, of joy through sorrow, of getting by giving, of fulfillment by ... ELISABETH ELLIOT The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-... ELISABETH ELLIOT When life's flight is over, and we unload our cargo at the other end, the fellow who got rid of unne... ELISABETH ELLIOT He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missiona... ELISABETH ELLIOT There is only one classroom in which to learn: 1. The work of God. 2. The will of God. 3. The trustw... ELISABETH ELLIOT The willingness to sacrifice that springs from a loving heart rather than the desire for spiritual d... ELISABETH ELLIOT Single life may be only a stage of a life’s journey, but even a stage is a gift. God may replace i... ELISABETH ELLIOT If we hold tightly to anything given to us unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to... ELISABETH ELLIOT To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And t... ELISABETH ELLIOT Does it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lie... ELISABETH ELLIOT I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the ... ELISABETH ELLIOT Whoever said "Marriage is a 50-50 proposition" laid the foundation for more divorce fees than any ot... AUSTIN ELLIOT There's no way he's supposed to even catch the ball, dribble it, spin and shoot a shot and make a sh... ELLIOT WASHINGTON This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience - it looks for a way of being constructive. ELISABETH ELLIOT I've got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What... JANE ELLIOT No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the ... JANE ELLIOT I spent half my childhood trying to be like my dad. True for most boys, I think. It turns with adole... TUCKER ELLIOT I took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. ... ELISABETH ELLIOT [Amy Carmichael's] great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blu... ELISABETH ELLIOT Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them. ELISABETH ELLIOT I've got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are... JANE ELLIOT Age is how we determine how valuable you are. JANE ELLIOT I get the same results with the exercise in Berlin or in the Netherlands that I do in the U.S. or Au... JANE ELLIOT I watched what had been marvelous, cooperative, wonderful, thoughtful children turn into nasty, vici... JANE ELLIOT We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put i... JANE ELLIOT No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the ... JANE ELLIOT My guilty pleasure is 'Revenge.' I've watched it from the very first episode. JANE ELLIOT "The most meanest and depraved of men come out on top, and women flock to these men.Their evil acts ... ELLIOT RODGER Patience makes a women beautiful in middle age ELLIOT PAUL It's not just one crop in one region. It's multiple crops in most of the state that have been affect... DAVE ELLIOT It was like hitting a brick wall. We're still unsure of what to do. ELLIOT SECRIST We are still conditioning people in this country and, indeed, all over the globe to the myth of whit... JANE ELLIOT The desert has its holiness of silence, the crowd its holiness of conversation WALTER ELLIOT