David Livingstone

I am a missionary, heart and soul.

— David Livingstone

It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to…

— David Livingstone

If you knew the satisfaction of performing a duty, as well as the gratitude to God which the missionary must always feel…

— David Livingstone

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything…

— David Livingstone

If you knew the satisfaction of performing such a duty, as well as the gratitude to God which the missionary must always…

— David Livingstone

Death alone will put a stop to my effort!

— David Livingstone

The mere animal pleasure of travelling in a wild unexplored country is also great. The effect of travel on a man whose…

— David Livingstone

And although I see few results, future missionaries will see conversions following every sermon. May they not forget the pioneers who worked…

— David Livingstone

It is far easier to travel than to write about it.

— David Livingstone

I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.

— David Livingstone

The islands above the falls are covered with foliage as beautiful as can be seen anywhere. Viewed from the mass of rock…

— David Livingstone

I never made a sacrifice. Of this we ought not to talk when we remember the great sacrifice which he made who…

— David Livingstone

Men are immortal till their work is done.

— David Livingstone

The end of the [geographical] exploration is the beginning of the [missionary] enterprise.

— David Livingstone

If success attend me, grant me humility; If failure, resignation to Thy will.

— David Livingstone

To be aroused in the dark by five feet of cold, green snake gliding over one's face is unpleasant.

— David Livingstone

If a commission by an earthly king is considered an honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a…

— David Livingstone

It is working with clients and changing that perception. I don't mind if market commentators have that view. It's the view that…

— David Livingstone

I view the end of the geographical feat as the beginning of the missionary enterprise.

— David Livingstone

People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice.…

— David Livingstone

I'd rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God, than on the throne of England, out of the…

— David Livingstone

God had only one Son, and He was a missionary.

— David Livingstone

Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!

— David Livingstone

Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.

— David Livingstone

I saw the duty and inestimable privilege _immediately_ to accept salvation by Christ. Humbly believing that through sovereign mercy and grace I…

— David Livingstone