Suffering Quotes by Elisabeth Elliot

The cross means suffering. Suffering's meaning is to be learned through the cross.

— Elisabeth Elliot

If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.

— Elisabeth Elliot

The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in…

— Elisabeth Elliot

The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.

— Elisabeth Elliot

This hard place in which you perhaps find yourself is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look…

— Elisabeth Elliot

One step at a time, over the years, as I sought to plumb the mystery of suffering (which cannot be plumbed), I…

— Elisabeth Elliot

We want to avoid suffering, death, sin, ashes. But we live in a world crushed and broken and torn, a world God…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Most of the time we like the idea of our own freedom. There are times when we do not at all like…

— 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…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering… The love…

— Elisabeth Elliot

God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“There is no ongoing spiritual life without this process of letting go. At the precise point where we refuse, growth stops. If…

— Elisabeth Elliot