--- title: "13 Way Quotes By Elisabeth Elliot" description: "13 Way quotes by Elisabeth Elliot. Plus more from Elisabeth Elliot and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/elisabeth-elliot-1209_demand_god-is-god-i-dethrone-him-in-my-heart-if_1454464.png" --- > [God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that he act in ways that satisfy my idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/god-is-god-i-dethrone-him-in-my-heart-if-i-demand-that-he-act-in-ways/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/elisabeth-elliot-1209_demand_god-is-god-i-dethrone-him-in-my-heart-if_1454464.png) > [It is when we come to the Lord in our nothingness, our powerlessness and our helplessness that He then enables us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/it-is-when-we-come-to-the-lord-in-our-nothingness-our-powerlessness/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a9/elisabeth-elliot-1209_god_it-is-when-we-come-to-the-lord-in-our-no_1512813.png) > [The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-way-we-live-ought-to-manifest-the-truth-of-what-we-believe-a/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ab/elisabeth-elliot-1209_believe_the-way-we-live-ought-to-manifest-the-tr_786829.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) > [I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/i-realized-that-the-deepest-spiritual-lessons-are-not-learned-by-his/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/elisabeth-elliot-1209_able_i-realized-that-the-deepest-spiritual-le_211383.jpg) > [The way you keep your house, the way you organize your time, the care you take in your personal appearance, the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-way-you-keep-your-house-the-way-you-organize-your-time-the-care/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/elisabeth-elliot-1209_appearance_the-way-you-keep-your-house-the-way-you_2840477.png) > [Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/silence-as-someone-has-said-is-the-mother-of-prayer-and-the-nurse-of/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/elisabeth-elliot-1209_being-quiet_silence-as-someone-has-said-is-the-mothe_1840379.png) > [One way to begin to see how vastly indulgent we usually are is to fast. It is a long day that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/one-way-to-begin-to-see-how-vastly-indulgent-we-usually-are-is-to/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/elisabeth-elliot-1209_amount_one-way-to-begin-to-see-how-vastly-indul_2387242.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) > [Faith is not an instinct. It certainly is not a feeling - feelings don't help much when you're in the lions' den…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/faith-is-not-an-instinct-it-certainly-is-not-a-feeling-feelings-don-t/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/elisabeth-elliot-1209_choices_faith-is-not-an-instinct-it-certainly-is_1004210.jpg) > [God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that He act in ways that satisfy my idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/god-is-god-i-dethrone-him-in-my-heart-if-i-demand-that-he-act-in-ways-2/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/elisabeth-elliot-1209_attitude_god-is-god-i-dethrone-him-in-my-heart-if_2374510.jpg) > [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) > [Do you often feel like parched ground, unable to produce anything worthwhile? I do. When I am in need of refreshment, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/do-you-often-feel-like-parched-ground-unable-to-produce-anything/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/elisabeth-elliot-1209_comfort_do-you-often-feel-like-parched-ground-un_642861.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/elisabeth-elliot/#itemlist", "name": "13 Way Quotes By Elisabeth Elliot", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God is God. 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