--- title: "4 Elisabeth Elliott Quotes" description: "Elisabeth Elliot was an American Christian missionary, author, and speaker. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956 while attempting to make m..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/elisabeth-elliott-67657_divine-purpose_nothing-that-comes-to-me-is-void-of-divi_330754.jpg" --- # Elisabeth Elliott **4** quotes in **13** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Elisabeth Elliot was an American Christian missionary, author, and speaker. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956 while attempting to make missionary contact with the Auca people of eastern Ecuador. She later spent two years as a missionary to the tribe members who killed her husband. Af ## Quotes by Elisabeth Elliott > [“Nothing that comes to me is void of divine purpose. In seeking to see the whole with God's eyes, we can find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliott/nothing-that-comes-to-me-is-void-of-divine-purpose-in-seeking-to-see/) Elisabeth Elliott [Divine purpose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/divine-purpose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/elisabeth-elliott-67657_divine-purpose_nothing-that-comes-to-me-is-void-of-divi_330754.jpg) > [“Prayer never evaporates. It sets into motion forces as inexorable and perhaps as "unhurriable" as a glacier, but when the Lord's arm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliott/prayer-never-evaporates-it-sets-into-motion-forces-as-inexorable-and/) Elisabeth Elliott [Evaporates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evaporates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/elisabeth-elliott-67657_nature_prayer-never-evaporates-it-sets-into-mot_1910649.jpg) > [“Learning to pray is learning to trust the wisdom, the power, and the love of our Heavenly Father, always so far beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliott/learning-to-pray-is-learning-to-trust-the-wisdom-the-power-and-the/) Elisabeth Elliott [Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/elisabeth-elliott-67657_dreams_learning-to-pray-is-learning-to-trust-th_2378720.jpg) > [“There is only one classroom in which to learn: 1. The work of God. 2. The will of God. 3. The trustworthiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliott/there-is-only-one-classroom-in-which-to-learn-1-the-work-of-god-2-the/) Elisabeth Elliott [Classroom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/classroom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/elisabeth-elliott-67657_classroom_there-is-only-one-classroom-in-which-to_2571745.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliott/#itemlist", "name": "Elisabeth Elliott Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Nothing that comes to me is void of divine purpose. 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