David Livingstone Quotes

Here am I, send me; send me to the ends of the earth; send me to the rough, the savage lost of the wilderness; send me from all that is called comfort on earth; send me even to death itself, if it be but in your service, and to promote your kingdom

Sacrifice is truly the crowning test of the gospel. Men are tried and tested in this mortal probation to see if they will put first in their lives the kingdom of God.

God requires you individually to come up to the point, to make an entire surrender. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Use your wealth to serve God.

They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

We, however, place the love of God and His honour above our own and above the acquisition of many regions

There is nothing small in the service of God.

All who in this world render true service to God or man receive a preparatory training in the school of sorrow. The weightier the trust and the higher the service, the closer is the test and the more severe the discipline.

Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves so that He who gives Himself totally to you may receive you totally.

You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so I could but gain souls to Christ

Don't concentrate on what you lack, concentrate on what you have. Then give all of it to Jesus for His use.

May we give as the Savior gave. To give of oneself is a holy gift. We give as a remembrance of all the Savior has given.

Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

Love is no love which asks for a return.

The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.

We shall never be fit for the service of God, if we look not beyond this fleeting life.

It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.

There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty and honor and love immortal things bid the mortal perish. It is only when a man supremely gives that he supremely finds

I will tell you the secret. God has had all there was of me.

Dedicated missionary service returns a dividend of eternal joy which extends throughout mortality and into eternity.

To give and to lose is nothing; but to lose and to give still is the part of a great mind.

The more we have given to ourselves, the more we have to give to others. When we find that place within ourselves that is giving, we begin to create an outward flow. Giving to others comes not from a sense of sacrifice, self-righteousness, or spirituality, but for the pure pleasure of it, because it's fun. Giving can only come from a full, loving space.