Missionary Quotes

“You see Jesus wrecked my life”

— Katie J. Davis

Sympathy is no substitute for action.

— David Livingstone

“I pray, and I obey.”

— David Yonggi Cho

To know God and to make Him known.

— Loren Cunningham

No reserves. No retreats. No regrets.

— Anonymous

Missionary service is a priesthood duty.

— Thomas S. Monson

Go, send, or disobey.

— John Piper

You must go or send a substitute.

— Oswald J. Smith

If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small.

— Pat Morley

The service of bringing light to a troubled world must never end.

— L. Tom Perry

My heart burns for the deliverance of Africa...

— Alexander Murdoch Mackay

When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school.

— Deepak Chopra

The Great Commission will not be fulfilled with our spare time or spare money.

— David Kim

I feel it my duty to plod on while daylight last.

— William Carey

The Lord did not tell us to build beautiful churches, but to evangelize the world

— Oswald J. Smith

Today Christians spend more money on dog food then missions

— Leonard Ravenhill

I am very defective in all duties... In prayer I wander and am formal... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do…

— William Carey

If the Lord is coming soon, is this not a very practical motive for greater missionary effort? I know of no other…

— Hudson Taylor

The gospel is one of harmony, unity, and agreement. It must be presented in love, and with glad tidings, by those who…

— Marvin J. Ashton

What we can say for sure is that, at the very least, God calls every Christian to live with a missionary heart.

— David Sills

Some of us are senders and some are goers. Neither is more important than the other. Neither is possible without the other.

— David Sills

“He is a missionary and believes in God, intensely I mean, but it takes all kinds to make a world.”

— Alan Paton

Every missionary who is proclaiming the name and gospel of Jesus Christ will be blessed by daily feasting from the Book of…

— Henry B. Eyring

The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner.

— William Cameron Townsend

In the past, missionaries have traveled to far countries with the message of the gospel - with great hardship and often with…

— Ray Comfort

If the Church is 'in Christ,' she is involved in mission. Her whole existence then has a missionary character. Her conduct as…

— David Bosch

Prayer is the greatest power God has put into our hands for service - praying is harder than doing, at least I…

— Mary Slessor

Nail the colours to the mast! That is the right thing to do, and, therefore, that is what we must do, and…

— Charles Studd

Prayer is action. By it we step out in advance of all other results . . . Praying is an activity upon…

— David Bryant

Let us see that we keep God before our eyes; that we walk in His ways and seek to please and glorify…

— Hudson Taylor

I come from a culture that embodies the need to convert others to "the truth." The Mormon Church has one of the…

— Terry Tempest Williams

A missional theology...appl ies to the whole of life of every believer. Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom…

— Alan Hirsch

Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is…

— Pope Benedict XVI

He was doing missionary work. But from the outset he had little success in convincing his charges of their responsibility for a…

— William Gaddis

And when your minister asks you for money for missionary purposes, tell him there are higher, and holier, and nobler missions to…

— Ernestine Rose

“God is calling us to live for the sake of Christ and to do that through suffering. Christ chose suffering; it didn’t…

— John Piper

Oh, what a favored people we are to have this light, this knowledge, these opportunities for happiness on earth and throughout the…

— Richard G. Scott

I have talked with people that have no assurance of sins forgiven. They want to feel saved before they're willing to commit…

— Paris Reidhead

Scouting contributes to a boy's preparation to hold the priesthood of God. Scout leaders have a sacred responsibility. They help boys learn…

— Rosemary M. Wixom

“Surely there is no more powerful missionary message we can send to this world than the example of a loving and happy…

— Jeffrey R. Holland