Amy Carmichael Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Strong #Blow #Wind

“He said "Love...as I have loved you." We cannot love too much.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Christian #Powerful #Inspiration

“If the praise of others elates me and their blame depresses me; if I cannot rest under misunderstandin g without defending myself; if I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Depressing #Blame #Praise

“Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Three #Kind #Said

“It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord leads, He always strengthens.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Impossible #Lord #Given

“Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Blessed #Blessing #Soul

“A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Water #Matter #Cups

“Those who think too much of themselves don't think enough.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Thinking #Too Much #Enough

“If you would live in victory . . . you must refuse to be dominated by the seen and the felt.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Victory #Refuse

“God bless you and utterly satisfy your heart...with Himself.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Christmas #Heart #God Bless

“If I do not give a friend "The benefit of the doubt," but put the worst construction instead of the best on what is said or done, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Easter #Giving #Doubt

“All along, let us remember we are not asked to understand, but simply to obey...”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Remember

“It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Desire #Safe

“Does it not stir up our hearts, to go forth and help them, does it not make us long to leave our luxury, our exceeding abundant light, and go to them that sit in darkness?”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Christian #Heart #Light

“There is always something to be happy about if we look for it: ‘Two men looked through prison bars, The one saw mud, the other stars.'”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Stars #Men #Two

“We have one crystal clear reason apart from the blessed happiness of this way of life. It is this: prayer is the core of our day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse, would be pithless, a straw blown in the wind. But how can you pray--really pray, I mean--with one against who you have a grudge or whom you have been discussing critically with another? Try it. You will find it cannot be done.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Prayer #Blessed #Inspiration

“God Hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Firsts #Crosses #Wanted

“If I myself dominate myself, if my thoughts revolve round myself, if I am so occupied with myself I rarely have "a heart at leisure from itself," then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Faith #Heart #Leisure

“Satan is so much more in earnest than we are--he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Inspiration #Opportunity #Cost

“If our children were to grow up truthful they much be taught by those who had a regard for truth; and not just a casual regard, a delicate regard. On this point we were adamant.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Children #Growing Up #Parent

“If I am perturbed by the reproach and misunderstanding that may follow action taken for the good of souls for whom I must give account; if I cannot commit the matter and go on in peace and in silence, remembering Gethsemane and the cross, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Peace #Taken #Giving

“If I say, "Yes, I forgive, but I cannot forgive," as though the God, who twice a day washes all the sands on all the shores of all the world, could not wash such memories from my mind, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Forgiveness #Memories #Forgiving

“I would rather burn out than rust out.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Rust #Burn Out

“Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Spiritual #Taken #Maturity

“We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Inspiration #Sunset #Winning

“The saddest thing one meets is a nominal Christian.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Christian #Religion

“If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, where ever you are. Perhaps he may be in great peril at that moment.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Missionary #May #Praying

“If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Goal #Easier #Calvary

“There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us--To will what God wills brings peace.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Women #Victory #Way

“Missionary life is simply a chance to die.”
-- Amy Carmichael

#Missionary #Chance #Life Is