--- title: "13 May Quotes By Elisabeth Elliot" description: "13 May quotes by Elisabeth Elliot. Plus more from Elisabeth Elliot and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/elisabeth-elliot-1209_attention_our-future-may-look-fearfully-intimidati_1083663.png" --- > [Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident that nothing escapes His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/our-future-may-look-fearfully-intimidating-yet-we-can-look-up-to-the/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/elisabeth-elliot-1209_attention_our-future-may-look-fearfully-intimidati_1083663.png) > [Think of this- we may live together with Him here and now, a daily walking with Him who loved us and gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/think-of-this-we-may-live-together-with-him-here-and-now-a-daily/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/elisabeth-elliot-1209_gave_think-of-this-we-may-live-together-with_1715248.png) > [Christ is sufficient. We do not need "support groups" for each and every separate tribulation. The most widely divergent sorrows may all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/christ-is-sufficient-we-do-not-need-support-groups-for-each-and-every/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/elisabeth-elliot-1209_christ_christ-is-sufficient-we-do-not-need-supp_1604821.png) > [The process of shaping the child, shapes also the mother herself. Reverence for her sacred burden calls her to all that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-process-of-shaping-the-child-shapes-also-the-mother-herself/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/elisabeth-elliot-1209_burden_the-process-of-shaping-the-child-shapes_738511.png) > [The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-will-of-god-is-never-exactly-what-you-expect-it-to-be-it-may-seem/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/elisabeth-elliot-1209_bigger_the-will-of-god-is-never-exactly-what-yo_1873265.png) > [If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road abuse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-we-do-anything-to-further-the-kingdom-of-god-we-may-expect-to-find/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/elisabeth-elliot-1209_abuse_if-we-do-anything-to-further-the-kingdom_440633.jpg) > [A wife, if she is very generous, may allow that her husband lives up to perhaps eighty percent of her expectations. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/a-wife-if-she-is-very-generous-may-allow-that-her-husband-lives-up-to/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/elisabeth-elliot-1209_chips_a-wife-if-she-is-very-generous-may-allow_2132932.png) > [The difficulty is to keep a tight reign on our emotions. They may remain, but it is not they who are to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-difficulty-is-to-keep-a-tight-reign-on-our-emotions-they-may/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/elisabeth-elliot-1209_acting_the-difficulty-is-to-keep-a-tight-reign_642418.jpg) > [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) > [This job has been given to me to do. Therefore, it is a gift. Therefore, it is a privilege. Therefore, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/this-job-has-been-given-to-me-to-do-therefore-it-is-a-gift-therefore/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/elisabeth-elliot-1209_done_this-job-has-been-given-to-me-to-do-ther_457043.png) > [We want to avoid suffering, death, sin, ashes. But we live in a world crushed and broken and torn, a world God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/we-want-to-avoid-suffering-death-sin-ashes-but-we-live-in-a-world/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/elisabeth-elliot-1209_ashes_we-want-to-avoid-suffering-death-sin-ash_1252737.jpg) > [Thanksgiving and Christmas then, for us who love God, are not mere time outs from work days. They are a celebration of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/thanksgiving-and-christmas-then-for-us-who-love-god-are-not-mere-time/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/elisabeth-elliot-1209_celebrate_thanksgiving-and-christmas-then-for-us-w_3176821.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) ## Other authors on May ## 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/may/elisabeth-elliot/#itemlist", "name": "13 May Quotes By Elisabeth Elliot", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident that nothing escapes His attention or slips out of the control of those strong hands.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elisabeth Elliot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/our-future-may-look-fearfully-intimidating-yet-we-can-look-up-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/elisabeth-elliot-1209_attention_our-future-may-look-fearfully-intimidati_1083663.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/elisabeth-elliot-1209_attention_our-future-may-look-fearfully-intimidati_1083663.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/elisabeth-elliot-1209_attention_our-future-may-look-fearfully-intimidati_1083663.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident…” — Elisabeth Elliot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Think of this- we may live together with Him here and now, a daily walking with Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elisabeth Elliot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/think-of-this-we-may-live-together-with-him-here-and-now-a-daily/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/elisabeth-elliot-1209_gave_think-of-this-we-may-live-together-with_1715248.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/elisabeth-elliot-1209_gave_think-of-this-we-may-live-together-with_1715248.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/elisabeth-elliot-1209_gave_think-of-this-we-may-live-together-with_1715248.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Think of this- we may live together with Him here and now, a daily walking with Him who loved us and gave…” — Elisabeth Elliot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Christ is sufficient. 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