Believe Quote by Terry Pratchett

“Never pity missionaries; envy them. They are where the real action is -- where life and death, sin and grace, Heaven and Hell converge.”

— Robert C. Shannon

“Even with all their threats of eternal damnation and soul roasting, Christian missionaries have run across some who were not so quick to swallow…

— Anton Szandor LA Vey

“detested the missionaries who made people “permanently miserable by telling them…how blissful a place heaven is, and [how] nearly impossible it is to get…

— Michael B. Oren

“While missionaries do many noble things at great risk to themselves, their dogmatism still spreads ignorance and death.”

— Sam Harris

“Years ago when I served as a missionary, we had a visit from Dr. James E. Talmage of the Council of the Twelve--a great…

— Harold B. Lee

“Missions is not just for missionaries; God’s call is for all.”

— Ann Dunagan

Who am I that I should urge these missionaries to confess their sins in public, when, for all I know, they may be living…

— Jonathan Goforth

“If you love the glory of God, you cannot be indifferent to missions.”

— John Piper

“It is extreme folly for any people to send thousands of missionaries out into the world to preach the Gospel to the nations, and…

— Joseph F. Smith

When James Calvert went out as a missionary to the cannibals of the Fiji Islands, the ship captain tried to turn him back, saying,…

— K.P. Yohannan

“Without the vision of heaven in view, it is possible to neglect the mission of the gospel and live any life in the world.”

— JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA

The missionary calling has sometimes been interpreted as a calling to stem this fearful cataract of souls going to eternal perdition. But I do…

— Lesslie Newbigin