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title: "2 Sinister Quotes By David Livingstone"
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> [It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to whom our lives are devoted as having some sinister object in view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/it-is-hard-to-work-for-years-with-pure-motives-and-all-the-time-be/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

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> [Remember us in your prayers that we grow not weary in well doing. It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to whom our lives are devoted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/remember-us-in-your-prayers-that-we-grow-not-weary-in-well-doing-it/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

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## Other authors on Sinister

## More by David Livingstone

> [I am a missionary, heart and soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/i-am-a-missionary-heart-and-soul/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to whom our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/it-is-hard-to-work-for-years-with-pure-motives-and-all-the-time-be/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [If you knew the satisfaction of performing a duty, as well as the gratitude to God which the missionary must always feel in being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/if-you-knew-the-satisfaction-of-performing-a-duty-as-well-as-the/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything will advance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/i-will-place-no-value-on-anything-i-have-or-may-possess-except-in/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [If you knew the satisfaction of performing such a duty, as well as the gratitude to God which the missionary must always feel, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/if-you-knew-the-satisfaction-of-performing-such-a-duty-as-well-as-the/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [Death alone will put a stop to my effort!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/death-alone-will-put-a-stop-to-my-effort/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [The mere animal pleasure of travelling in a wild unexplored country is also great. The effect of travel on a man whose heart is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/the-mere-animal-pleasure-of-travelling-in-a-wild-unexplored-country/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [And although I see few results, future missionaries will see conversions following every sermon. May they not forget the pioneers who worked in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/and-although-i-see-few-results-future-missionaries-will-see/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [It is far easier to travel than to write about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/it-is-far-easier-to-travel-than-to-write-about-it/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/i-am-prepared-to-go-anywhere-provided-it-be-forward/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [The islands above the falls are covered with foliage as beautiful as can be seen anywhere. Viewed from the mass of rock which overhangs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/the-islands-above-the-falls-are-covered-with-foliage-as-beautiful-as/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [I never made a sacrifice. Of this we ought not to talk when we remember the great sacrifice which he made who left His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/i-never-made-a-sacrifice-of-this-we-ought-not-to-talk-when-we/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [Men are immortal till their work is done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/men-are-immortal-till-their-work-is-done/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [ The end of the \[geographical\] exploration is the beginning of the \[missionary\] enterprise. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/the-end-of-the-geographical-exploration-is-the-beginning-of-the/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

> [If success attend me, grant me humility; If failure, resignation to Thy will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone/if-success-attend-me-grant-me-humility-if-failure-resignation-to-thy/)

[David Livingstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone/)

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