--- title: "17 Doe Quotes By Elisabeth Elliot" description: "17 Doe quotes by Elisabeth Elliot. Plus more from Elisabeth Elliot and more Doe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/elisabeth-elliot-1209_courses_in-whatever-god-does-in-the-course-of-ou_2339511.png" --- > [In whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/in-whatever-god-does-in-the-course-of-our-lives-he-gives-us-through/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/elisabeth-elliot-1209_courses_in-whatever-god-does-in-the-course-of-ou_2339511.png) > [Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/faith-does-not-eliminate-questions-but-faith-knows-where-to-take-them/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/elisabeth-elliot-1209_christian_faith-does-not-eliminate-questions-but-f_3129487.png) > [One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/one-does-not-surrender-a-life-in-an-instant-that-which-is-lifelong/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/elisabeth-elliot-1209_doe_one-does-not-surrender-a-life-in-an-inst_2508794.png) > [“The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-fact-that-i-am-a-woman-does-not-make-me-a-different-kind-of/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/elisabeth-elliot-1209_christian_the-fact-that-i-am-a-woman-does-not-make_371436.png) > [Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/our-vision-is-so-limited-we-can-hardly-imagine-a-love-that-does-not/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/elisabeth-elliot-1209_deny_our-vision-is-so-limited-we-can-hardly-i_841602.png) > [The heart set to do the Father's will need never fear defeat. His promises of guidance may be fully counted upon. Does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-heart-set-to-do-the-father-s-will-need-never-fear-defeat-his/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/elisabeth-elliot-1209_believe_the-heart-set-to-do-the-father-s-will-ne_1165621.png) > [Nothing trains and teaches so powerfully as love. Love attracts. it does not coerce. If the aim of parents is to teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/nothing-trains-and-teaches-so-powerfully-as-love-love-attracts-it/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/elisabeth-elliot-1209_aim_nothing-trains-and-teaches-so-powerfully_347626.png) > [Does God ask us to do what is beneath us? This question will never trouble us again if we consider the Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/does-god-ask-us-to-do-what-is-beneath-us-this-question-will-never/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/elisabeth-elliot-1209_asks_does-god-ask-us-to-do-what-is-beneath-us_2636590.jpg) > [Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/where-does-your-security-lie-is-god-your-refuge-your-hiding-place/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/elisabeth-elliot-1209_christ_where-does-your-security-lie-is-god-your_2451152.png) > [You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/you-will-never-understand-why-god-does-what-he-does-but-if-you/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/elisabeth-elliot-1209_believe_you-will-never-understand-why-god-does-w_721294.png) > [God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/god-will-never-disappoint-us-if-deep-in-our-hearts-we-suspect-that/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/elisabeth-elliot-1209_affair_god-will-never-disappoint-us-if-deep-in_159715.png) > [One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/one-does-not-surrender-a-life-in-an-instant-that-which-is-lifelong-2/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/elisabeth-elliot-1209_accomplishment_one-does-not-surrender-a-life-in-an-inst_2813445.png) > [To those of us who are not theologians, does it matter whether a thing is ordained or merely allowed? Are events that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/to-those-of-us-who-are-not-theologians-does-it-matter-whether-a-thing/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/elisabeth-elliot-1209_breathing_to-those-of-us-who-are-not-theologians-d_967026.jpg) > [Does it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lies before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/does-it-make-sense-to-pray-for-guidance-about-the-future-if-we-are/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/elisabeth-elliot-1209_doe_does-it-make-sense-to-pray-for-guidance_677116.png) > [The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-pain-of-loneliness-is-one-way-in-which-he-wants-to-get-our/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/elisabeth-elliot-1209_absent_the-pain-of-loneliness-is-one-way-in-whi_115906.jpg) > [Sometimes we want things we were not meant to have. Because he loves us, the Father says no. Faith trusts that no.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/sometimes-we-want-things-we-were-not-meant-to-have-because-he-loves/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/elisabeth-elliot-1209_doe_sometimes-we-want-things-we-were-not-mea_2574450.png) > [Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering… The love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/our-vision-is-so-limited-we-can-hardly-imagine-a-love-that-does-not-2/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/elisabeth-elliot-1209_doe_our-vision-is-so-limited-we-can-hardly-i_2627282.png) ## Other authors on Doe ## More by Elisabeth Elliot > [All our problems are theological ones, William Temple said. All of them have to do with our relationship to God and his to us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/all-our-problems-are-theological-ones-william-temple-said-all-of-them/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [Discipline, for the Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary material given to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/discipline-for-the-christian-begins-with-the-body-we-have-only-one-it/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies in church in very short skirts or skimpy, sleeveless tops. I would imagine that it could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/it-seems-disrespectful-to-me-to-see-ladies-in-church-in-very-short/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-deepest-lessons-come-out-of-the-deepest-waters-and-the-hottest/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [Everything if given to God can become your gateway to joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/everything-if-given-to-god-can-become-your-gateway-to-joy/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [Lead me, Lord, to the Rock that is higher than I. Let me hear your word, give me grace to obey, to build steadily,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/lead-me-lord-to-the-rock-that-is-higher-than-i-let-me-hear-your-word/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [Experience had quickly taught her that she could not survive the storms without the anchor of the constraining love of Christ and what she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/experience-had-quickly-taught-her-that-she-could-not-survive-the/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-pain-of-loneliness-is-one-way-in-which-he-wants-to-get-our/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [“If men and women were surer of their God there would be more genuine manliness, womanliness, and godliness in the world, and a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-men-and-women-were-surer-of-their-god-there-would-be-more-genuine/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [I believe with all my heart God's Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/i-believe-with-all-my-heart-god-s-story-has-a-happy-ending-but-not/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [“I do know that waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/i-do-know-that-waiting-on-god-requires-the-willingness-to-bear/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [“What do women want today? What do men want? I mean, deep down. What do they really want? If ‘times’ have changed, have human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/what-do-women-want-today-what-do-men-want-i-mean-deep-down-what-do/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our affairs as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/god-will-never-disappoint-us-if-deep-in-our-hearts-we-suspect-that/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [Muddled thinking inevitably results in muddled living](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/muddled-thinking-inevitably-results-in-muddled-living/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [The world cries for men who are strong--strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. I pray that you will be that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-world-cries-for-men-who-are-strong-strong-in-conviction-strong-to/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doe/elisabeth-elliot/#itemlist", "name": "17 Doe Quotes By Elisabeth Elliot", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help others.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elisabeth Elliot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/in-whatever-god-does-in-the-course-of-our-lives-he-gives-us-through/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/elisabeth-elliot-1209_courses_in-whatever-god-does-in-the-course-of-ou_2339511.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/elisabeth-elliot-1209_courses_in-whatever-god-does-in-the-course-of-ou_2339511.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/elisabeth-elliot-1209_courses_in-whatever-god-does-in-the-course-of-ou_2339511.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help…” — Elisabeth Elliot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Faith does not eliminate questions. 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