Jim Elliot Quotes

In the spirit of faith let us begin each day, and we shall be sure to " redeem the time " which it brings to us, by changing it into something definite and eternal. There is a deep meaning in this phrase of the apostle, to redeem time. We redeem time, and do not merely use it. We transform it into eternity by living it aright.

Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God. Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God's constant presence with 'the real me.' Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father.

No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire today.

My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.

I don't think in the past. I don't think in the future. You grasp the moment.

Sometimes too much thinking leads to the Death of Doing

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

My life philosophy and personality has been driven by the fact that I am incapable of really understanding the future, on some level. I am in this moment. I take risks because I really don't think that far ahead.

Right now a moment of time is passing by!... We must become that moment.

Most of us are tiptoeing through life so we can reach death safely. We should be praying, "If I should wake before I die. . . ." Life can get away from you.

Were I a preacher, I should preach above all other things, the practice of the Presence of God.... Those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward, even in sleep.

I believe in living in the present and making each day count. I don't pay much attention to the past or the future.

I don't regret anything I've ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time

It's lame when I'm hanging out with my friends and they're so busy taking pictures to put on Facebook, instead of enjoying what they're doing. You're gonna look back and have 10 million pictures, but you're not in one of them because you were too busy clicking away. I think it's best to stop telling people about it and enjoy the moment you're in yourself.

To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort

Do not forget Him but think on Him often. Adore Him continually. Live and die with Him. This is the glorious work of a Christian; in a word, this is our profession. If we do not know it, we must learn it.

Oh, God, give me grace for this day. Not for a lifetime, nor for next week, nor for tomorrow, just for this day. Direct my thoughts and bless them Direct my work and bless it. Direct the things I say and give them blessing, too. Direct and bless everything that I think and speak and do. So that for this one day, just this one day, I have the gift of grace that comes from your presence. . . .

If you live your life all out today, not only is it fun, but you are preventing a midlife crisis.

There's no future. There's no past. I live each moment as my last.

We ought not to listen to those who exhort us, because we are human, to think of human things....We ought rather to take on immortality as much as possible, and do all that we can to live in accordance with the highest element within us; for even if its bulk is small, in its power and value it far exceeds everything.

This is my report on how to live... They say the best way is just to live one day at a time... If you try to live seven days at a time, the week will be over before you know it.

I really think that if you live for today, tomorrow takes care of itself.

I pray that we will not wait until we are ready to die before we truly learn to live.

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency.