Amy Carmichael

The mere telling of how a need was met is often like telling of a need, which is asking crookedly instead of…

— Amy Carmichael

If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, where ever you are. Perhaps he may be…

— Amy Carmichael

We knew our Father. There was no need for persuasion. Would not His Fatherliness be longing to give us our hearts' desire…

— Amy Carmichael

If I slip into the place that can be filled by Christ alone, making myself the first necessity to a soul instead…

— Amy Carmichael

If I find myself half-carelessly taking lapses for granted, "Oh, that's what they always do." "Oh, of course she talks like that,…

— Amy Carmichael

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. (If you want to know what someone truly loves, see what…

— Amy Carmichael

“If I make much of anything appointed, magnify it secretly to myself or insidiously to others; if I let them think it…

— Amy Carmichael

“One has often longed to see Him work as He worked of old, healing the sick by the word of His power,…

— Amy Carmichael

If I am inconsiderate about the comfort of others, or their feelings, or even of their little weaknesses; if I am careless…

— Amy Carmichael

If by doing some work which the undiscerning consider 'not spiritual work' I can best help others, and I inwardly rebel, thinking…

— Amy Carmichael

O Thou who art my quietness, my deep repose, My rest from strife of tongues, my holy hill, Fair is Thy pavilion,…

— Amy Carmichael

If I am perturbed by the reproach and misunderstanding that may follow action taken for the good of souls for whom I…

— Amy Carmichael

If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying "Peace, peace," where is no peace; if I forget the poignant word…

— Amy Carmichael

We profess to be strangers and pilgrims, seeking after a country of our own, yet we settle down in the most un-stranger-like…

— Amy Carmichael

Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch…

— Amy Carmichael

Every work undertaken in obedienced to a divine command, whether the work be that form of conflict with the powers of darkness…

— Amy Carmichael