David Brainerd Quotes

Wherever it pleases God to put man in this world, the Christian must be ready for martyrdom and death. It is only in this way that man learns faith.

Oh, that God would raise up missionaries. I don't wish the same things your parents want for you. They want for you security and insurance and nice homes. They want for you cars and respect. I want for you the same thing I want for my son, that one day he takes a banner, the banner of Jesus Christ, and he places it on a hill where no one has ever placed a banner before, and he cries out, 'Jesus Christ is Lord,' even if it costs my son his life.

The biggest challenge facing a missionary today is to forget himself and lose himself in the work.

I gave my life for freedom--This I know; For those who bade me fight had told me so.

Missionaries are very human folks, just doing what they are asked. Simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt Somebody.

Never consider whether you are of use; but ever consider that you are not your own but His.

All my desire was the conversion of the heathen... I declare, now I am dying, I would not have spent my life otherwise for the whole world.

I thank all missionaries, men and women who quietly work hard for the Lord and their brothers and sisters.

Being raised as an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Mormons, I became an Eagle scout, and after graduating high school, I went on a full-time church mission to the West Indies for 2 years.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

Rather than allow themselves to be separated from the love of Christ, they submitted cheerfully to every privation, to contumely and disgrace, and to death itself.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

Our first responsibility is not to ourselves. Our first responsibility is to our country and to our God.

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

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.

Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of life, hour by hour, must be filled with the love of God and love for others. There is no surprise in that, since the Lord proclaimed those as the first and great commandments.

I think of Pope Gregory the Great. He wanted the cloister. He wanted to pray and study, and yet he was thrust into this administrative job, and he submitted to that. And in that submission, he became a great leader. You could say that the only person who is safe to lead is the person who is free to submit.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.