--- title: "18 Want Quotes By Elisabeth Elliot" description: "18 Want quotes by Elisabeth Elliot. Plus more from Elisabeth Elliot and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/elisabeth-elliot-1209_discipleship_holiness-has-never-been-the-driving-forc_2650138.png" --- > [Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/holiness-has-never-been-the-driving-force-of-the-majority-it-is/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/elisabeth-elliot-1209_discipleship_holiness-has-never-been-the-driving-forc_2650138.png) > [I seek the lessons God wants to teach me, and that means that I ask why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/i-seek-the-lessons-god-wants-to-teach-me-and-that-means-that-i-ask-why/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/elisabeth-elliot-1209_asks_i-seek-the-lessons-god-wants-to-teach-me_1689425.png) > [Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought - that is, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/freedom-begins-way-back-it-begins-not-with-doing-what-you-want-but/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/elisabeth-elliot-1209_discipline_freedom-begins-way-back-it-begins-not-wi_3044893.png) > [We are women, and my plea is Let me be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing but what God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/we-are-women-and-my-plea-is-let-me-be-a-woman-holy-through-and/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/elisabeth-elliot-1209_asking_we-are-women-and-my-plea-is-let-me-be-a_2796819.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) > [The willingness to be and to have just what God wants us to be and have, nothing more, nothing less, and nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-willingness-to-be-and-to-have-just-what-god-wants-us-to-be-and/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/elisabeth-elliot-1209_heart_the-willingness-to-be-and-to-have-just-w_222072.png) > [If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-god-like-a-father-denies-us-what-we-want-now-it-is-in-order-to/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/elisabeth-elliot-1209_assured_if-god-like-a-father-denies-us-what-we-w_1877762.png) > [Experience has taught me that the Shepherd is far more willing to show His sheep the path than the sheep are to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/experience-has-taught-me-that-the-shepherd-is-far-more-willing-to/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/elisabeth-elliot-1209_failing_experience-has-taught-me-that-the-shephe_3122951.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) > [I asked Him to give me the prayers He wants me to pray and to give or withhold anything according to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/i-asked-him-to-give-me-the-prayers-he-wants-me-to-pray-and-to-give-or/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/elisabeth-elliot-1209_asks_i-asked-him-to-give-me-the-prayers-he-wa_3146690.jpg) > [We are not meant to die merely in order to be dead. God could not want that for the creatures to whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/we-are-not-meant-to-die-merely-in-order-to-be-dead-god-could-not-want/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/elisabeth-elliot-1209_creatures_we-are-not-meant-to-die-merely-in-order_2690752.png) > [If God gave it to me," we say "it's mine. I can do what I want with it." No. The truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-god-gave-it-to-me-we-say-it-s-mine-i-can-do-what-i-want-with-it-no/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/elisabeth-elliot-1209_gave_if-god-gave-it-to-me-we-say-it-s-mine-i_2175849.png) > [I took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/i-took-it-for-granted-that-there-must-be-a-few-men-left-in-the-world/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/elisabeth-elliot-1209_crowds_i-took-it-for-granted-that-there-must-be_1153985.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) > [George Macdonald said, 'If you knew what God knows about death you would clap your listless hands', but instead I find old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/george-macdonald-said-if-you-knew-what-god-knows-about-death-you/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/elisabeth-elliot-1209_america_george-macdonald-said-if-you-knew-what-g_466265.png) > [If we hold tightly to anything given to us unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-we-hold-tightly-to-anything-given-to-us-unwilling-to-allow-it-to/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/elisabeth-elliot-1209_christ_if-we-hold-tightly-to-anything-given-to_1742520.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) > [But the question to precede all others, which finally determines the course of our lives is What do I really want? Was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/but-the-question-to-precede-all-others-which-finally-determines-the/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/elisabeth-elliot-1209_command_but-the-question-to-precede-all-others-w_479647.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/elisabeth-elliot/#itemlist", "name": "18 Want Quotes By Elisabeth Elliot", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. 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