15 Quotes by David Livingstone

“Sympathy is no substitute for action.”

“I will go anywhere, provided it be forward.”

“Fear God and work hard.”

“I have found that I have no unusual endowments of intellect, but this day I resolve that I will be an uncommon Christian.”

“This generation can only reach this generation.”

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

“There is one safe and happy place, and that is in the will of God.”

“People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.”

“If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.”

“I place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of God. If anything will advance the interests of the kingdom, it shall be given away or kept, only as by giving or keeping it I shall most promote the glory of Him to whom I owe all my hopes in time or eternity.”

“If a commission by an earthly king is considered an honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?”

“Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give.”

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

“God had an only Son, and He was a missionary and a physician.”

“If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.”

David Livingstone’s Prayer

“Lord, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. Sever any ties but the tie that binds me to Thy service and Thy heart.”

Lord, Send Me Anywhere

WORDS: David Livingstone, 1813 – 1973 Frank Garlock, 1930 – CHOIR PARTS: Faye Springer Lopez, 1955 –