Louis Zamperini Quotes

Particularly as a Jew, I don't like missionary work. I've had it focused on me, and I don't like it. Let people be what they want to be.

The best means of preaching the gospel is by personal contact.

Let it be a settled principle in our minds that the first and chief business of the Church of Christ is to preach the Gospel.

Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world.

Opportunities for sharing the gospel are everywhere.

The only way all people can have the opportunity to choose or reject the gospel of Jesus Christ is for us, without judgment, to invite them to follow the Savior.

Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.

We allow none ... to be dragged to the alters unwillingly.

We all have the opportunity to share the gospel and we should - that's what we were called to do.

One of the greatest sermons ever pronounced on missionary work is this simple thought attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi: “Preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.” Opportunities to do so are all around us. Do not miss them by waiting too long on the road to Damascus.

Dear young people, always be missionaries of the Gospel, every day and in every place.

Men can be attracted but not forced to the faith. You may drive people to baptism, (but) you won't move them one step further in religion.

How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize?

Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!

Every Christian is a missionary to the extent that he or she bears witness to God’s love. Be missionaries of God’s tenderness!

I’ve seen far too many Christians who are more than willing to travel halfway around the world to volunteer for a week in an orphanage, but who cannot bring themselves to take the personal risk of sharing Jesus with the co-worker who sits day after day in the cubicle right next to them.

Evangelization is leading people to Jesus, not ourselves.

Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion.

Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.

We've drifted away from being fishers of men to being keepers of the aquarium.

We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel!

We must prepare ourselves to assist the missionaries in finding those of our Heavenly Father's children who will embrace the message of the Restoration.

If you are saved, the work is only half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ.

The missionary question is not, 'Where are there unbelievers?' and then send a missionary there. There are unbelievers everywhere! The missionary question is, 'Where are there people's who don't have any Christians in them or don't have a church strong enough to do the neighbor evangelism that we can do if we just want to do it?' That's the missionary question.

Everyone must be a missionary, everyone can hear that call of Jesus and go forth and proclaim the Kingdom!