"Eagles are very tolerant and very adaptable, but……" — Jim Elliot
"Eagles are very tolerant and very adaptable, but they have to get established first. When birds are setting up their breeding territory, they are the most susceptible to being discouraged."
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65 Quotes by Jim Elliot
Jim Elliot has 65 quotes on this site.
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Why do you need a voice when you have a verse?
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He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitible? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other…
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What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?
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I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had…
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God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life,…
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The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the…
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When it comes time to die, make sure that all you have to do is die.
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He is no fool who parts with that which he cannot keep, when he is sure to be recompensed with…
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Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.
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Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on Earth! I care not if I never raise my voice again…
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Father, take my life, yea, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not…
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As your life is in His hands, so are the days of your life. But don’t let the sands of…
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More Adaptable Quotes
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We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.
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Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which…
— David Cameron
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I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union…
— David Cameron
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The proposition that the meek (that is the adaptable and serviceable), inherit the earth is not merely a wishful sentiment…
— Kenneth E. Boulding
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We took special pride in the fact that climbing rocks and icefalls had no economic value in society...We were like…
— Yvon Chouinard
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I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.
— Winston Churchill
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Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative…
— Sven Birkerts
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We can never be certain about the future and therefore we must continue to be flexible and adaptable so that…
— Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
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America -- rather, the United States -- seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful,…
— Edna Ferber
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I've noticed two things about men who get big salaries. They are almost invariably men who, in conversation or in…
— Unknown Author
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Radicals must be resilient, adaptable to shifting political circumstances, and sensitive enough to the process of action and reaction to…
— Saul Alinsky
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We have a brain for one reason and one reason only - and that's to produce adaptable and complex movements.
— Daniel Wolpert
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