Quotes about Missionary

Missionary life is simply a chance to die. Votes: 4

Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience. Votes: 4

Missionary service is a priesthood duty. Votes: 3

Missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Votes: 3

Missionary service is not only a test of faith but a real test of character. Votes: 3

Missionary activity is not so much the work of the church as simply the Church at work. Votes: 3

Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. Votes: 3

Missionary work is an identifying feature of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Always has it been; ever shall it be. Votes: 3

Love for the Lord, love for His servants the missionaries. Missionary work is a work of love and trust, and it has to be done on that basis. Votes: 3

Do you want me to ride you like a rented mule, or do you prefer to be Mr. Missionary Position? I'm fine with wither, so it doesn't matter to me. Votes: 3

Missionary work is but home teaching to those who are not now members of the Church, and home teaching is nothing more or less than missionary work to Church members Votes: 3

You and I, today and always, are to bear witness of Jesus Christ and declare the message of the Restoration. ... Missionary work is a manifestation of our spiritual identity and heritage. Votes: 3

Missionary work essentially is a priesthood responsibility, and all of us who hold the priesthood are the Lord's authorized servants on the earth and are missionaries at all times and in all places - and we always will be. Votes: 3

Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting--it has been found wanting, and not tried. Votes: 3

I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a rupture with us by the artifices of the French, their own weakness and the influence which the French Missionary Priests have over them. Votes: 3

Go, send, or disobey. Votes: 2

No reserves. No retreats. No regrets. Votes: 2

To know God and to make Him known. Votes: 2

Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter. Votes: 2

Home teaching is an excellent preparation for missionary service. Votes: 2

Christ not only died for all: He died for each. Votes: 2

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. Votes: 2

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. Votes: 2

The will of God - nothing less, nothing more, nothing else. Votes: 2

When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school. Votes: 2

The responsibility to do missionary work rests with every member of the Church. Votes: 2

To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map. Votes: 2

The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet. Votes: 2

If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small. Votes: 2

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God. Votes: 2

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Votes: 2

The biggest challenge facing a missionary today is to forget himself and lose himself in the work. Votes: 2

I'm no missionary, and I can't wear any armor, either. I just gotta be the way I am. Votes: 2

An Apostle is a missionary, bearing testimony of the reality and divinity of Jesus Christ in all the world. Votes: 2

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know. Votes: 2

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. Votes: 2

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. Votes: 2

Radical Christianity is not going on a missions trip or a big conference. Radical Christianity is staying steady for decades. Votes: 2

We are debtors to every man to give him the gospel in the same measure in which we have received it. Votes: 2

The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world. Votes: 2

If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him. Votes: 2

Every missionary who is proclaiming the name and gospel of Jesus Christ will be blessed by daily feasting from the Book of Mormon. Votes: 2

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missionary to Auca indians in Ecuador Votes: 2

The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity. Votes: 2

If you are a good missionary, you will return home with the desire to continue to serve the Lord, to keep His commandments, and to do His will. Votes: 2

Haven't two hundred years of failed missionary work overseas taught anybody anything? You can't convert people to anything - whether religion, or something as inane as our flicks. Votes: 2

The key to successful missionary work is a close relationship between the missionaries and the members. Creating an environment in working with members that will bring more into the Church. Votes: 2

If ten men are carrying a log - nine of them on the little end and one at the heavy end - and you want to help, which end will you lift on? Votes: 2

For missionary entrepreneurs, the dream outcome is to build an 'Internet treasure' - a brand that defines a generation, proves that we are better than our parents, and becomes something we couldn't live without. Votes: 2

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage. Votes: 2

I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless. Votes: 2

Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve Jobs who cared more for his vision than being tactical and financial. Votes: 2

I believe that in each generation God has called enough men and women to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth. It is not God who does not call. It is man who will not respond! Votes: 2

I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country. Votes: 2

Can human hearts be changed? Why, of course! It happens every day in the great missionary work of the Church. It is one of the most widespread of Christ's modern miracles. If it hasn't happened to you - it should. Votes: 2

It is possible for the most obscure person in a church, with a heart right toward God, to exercise as much power for the evangelization of the world, as it is for those who stand in the most prominent positions. Votes: 2

My heart goes out to a missionary who does not receive regular mail from home. Generally, a letter once a week is a good rule. But on the other hand, too much mail can be damaging to a missionary's morale. Votes: 2

Most of the things I do brand wise are both missionary and mercenary in their position, and that's really important to me; that's one of the first things I look at when I say, 'does it make sense to do a deal?' Votes: 2

If missions languish, it is because the whole life of godliness is feeble. The command to go everywhere and preach to everybody is not obeyed until the will is lost by self-surrender in the will of God. Living, praying, giving and going will always be found together. Votes: 2

Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us. Votes: 2

I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus, which I knew well because the seminary was entrusted to the Jesuits. Three things in particular struck me about the Society: the missionary spirit, community and discipline. Votes: 2

I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you. Votes: 2

My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang. Votes: 2

I love my life as a missionary, keeping myself on the front lines. The image in my mind is that God, my general, stands at the door when I go out every morning; and, knowing what the war is like, day after day he gives me his most powerful weapon: his Spirit. For this I am grateful. Votes: 2

The faith I was born into formed me. I come from a missionary family - I grew up in China - and in my case, my religious upbringing was positive. Of course, not everyone has this experience. I know many of my students are what I have come to think of as wounded Christians or wounded Jews. Votes: 2

Every member ... a missionary! Votes: 0

We are all missionary disciples Votes: 0

God is making commerce His missionary. Votes: 0

I had the constitution of a missionary. Votes: 0

The Son of God had missionary supporters Votes: 0

I am a missionary, heart and soul. Votes: 0

Testimony bearing is the key to missionary work Votes: 0

This isn't missionary work. This is missionary fun. Votes: 0

Every Christian a missionary; every non-Christian a mission-field. Votes: 0

The spirit of Christ is a missionary spirit. Votes: 0

You're either a missionary or a mission field. Votes: 0

Solid, lasting missionary work is done on our knees. Votes: 0

A God-centered theology has to be a missionary theology Votes: 0

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work. Votes: 0

God had only one Son, and He was a missionary. Votes: 0

A person is either a missionary or a mission field. Votes: 0

The secret to missionary work is work. Work, work, work! Votes: 0

I went from being a Christian missionary to an atheist. Votes: 0

God had an only Son and He made Him a missionary. Votes: 0

Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary enthusiasm! Votes: 0

music is a missionary effort to colonize earth for imperialistic heaven. Votes: 0

There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience. Votes: 0

Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary. Votes: 0

An apostolic missionary must have both heart and tongue ablaze with charity. Votes: 0

No missionary can determine the lasting effects of his or her labors. Votes: 0

I have much to learn of the Indian, nothing of the missionary. Votes: 0

I'm on a missionary journey to become the best version of myself. Votes: 0

In order to do well, missionary work has to be totally positive. Votes: 0

Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work. Votes: 0

I will be a missionary in a remote village at some point. Votes: 0

The end of the [geographical] exploration is the beginning of the [missionary] enterprise. Votes: 0

I went to India as a missionary to save England from spiritual collapse. Votes: 0

Position yourself with something that captures your curiosity, something that you're missionary about. Votes: 0

My fear is greater than my faith, but I walk the missionary way. Votes: 0

A good symbol is the best argument, and is a missionary to persuade thousands. Votes: 0

When I marry, it will be to a faithful returned missionary in the Temple. Votes: 0

The Christian family is missionary: it announces the love of God to the world. Votes: 0

I was real religious when I was young. I wanted to be a missionary. Votes: 0

I pray that no missionary will ever be as lonely as I have been. Votes: 0

Had I cared for the comments of people, I should never have been a missionary. Votes: 0

Every Christian became a missionary the moment God breathed his Spirit into him or her. Votes: 0

To succeed at re-engineering, you have to be a missionary, a motivator, and a leg breaker. Votes: 0

The missionary spirit is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of the incarnation and the cross. Votes: 0

We just could not have the Church of Jesus Christ without the spirit of missionary work. Votes: 0

For a long time a very strong and deep attraction has drawn me to missionary life. Votes: 0

Dedicated missionary service returns a dividend of eternal joy which extends throughout mortality and into eternity. Votes: 0

The church which is not a missionary church will be a missing church when Jesus comes. Votes: 0

If we can abandon our missionary zeal we have less chance of being eaten by cannibals. Votes: 0

Hearing the missionary call has a great deal to do with what you are listening for. Votes: 0

Our missionary activities are only authentic insofar as they reflect participation in the mission of God. Votes: 0

If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, wherever you are. Votes: 0

Does any sane man imagine that the church could cease to be missionary and remain the church? Votes: 0

We can all be more consistently involved in missionary work by replacing our fear with real faith. Votes: 0

Every heart without Christ is a mission field; Every heart with Christ is a missionary by vocation. Votes: 0

Every missionary I know is extraordinarily ordinary. Everything they do, they do by the grace of God. Votes: 0

The motto for every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be 'Devoted for Life.' Votes: 0

God's training ground, where the missionary weapons are found, is the hidden, personal, worshiping life of the saint. Votes: 0

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a fat missionary. Votes: 0

That strange blend of the commercial traveller, the missionary and the barbarian conqueror, which was the American abroad. Votes: 0

Absorption in Imam Husayn's affairs (his life and his person, etc.), away from his missionary side is backwardness. Votes: 0

The secret of the missionary is...I am His, and He is carrying out His work through me. Votes: 0

For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive. Votes: 0

There is only one Church, and the responsibility for missionary work is universal. 'Every member a missionary.' Votes: 0

Everyone must be a missionary, everyone can hear that call of Jesus and go forth and proclaim the Kingdom! Votes: 0

He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table Votes: 0

He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table. Votes: 0

It [Jamaat-e-Islami] is not a missionary organisation or a body of preachers or evangelists, but an organisation of God's troopers. Votes: 0

I've always been a missionary and what people don't know is that I've always taken some strategic and eyebrow-raising steps. Votes: 0

Men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Votes: 0

Christianity is a missionary religion, converting, advancing, aggressive, encompassing the world; a non-missionary church is in the bands of death. Votes: 0

President Hinckley's strong, continuing challenge to us is retention, which requires full cooperation between the missionary, the leaders and members. Votes: 0

The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner. Votes: 0

If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king. Votes: 0

I am not a missionary, but I have wanted my life to count for the unreached peoples of the world. Votes: 0

I would like a more missionary church,Not so much a tranquil church, but a beautiful church that goes forward. Votes: 0

When God calls His child to live the life of a missionary, He gives him the desire with the calling. Votes: 0

If I were a cassowary On the plains of Timbuctoo, I would eat a missionary, Cassock, band, and hymn-book too. Votes: 0

Woolf wanted to say dangerous things in Orlando but she did not want to say them in the missionary position. Votes: 0

The primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often hear, but love for Christ. Votes: 0

The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become. Votes: 0

Unless you intend your wife to be a true missionary, not merely a wife, home-maker, and friend, do not join us. Votes: 0

The key to ministry in any and every context, both now and for the last two thousand years, is missionary flexibility. Votes: 0

Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people. Votes: 0

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge. Votes: 0

In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference. Votes: 0

Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome. Votes: 0

Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar. Votes: 0

Every Christian is a missionary to the extent that he or she bears witness to God's love. Be missionaries of God's tenderness! Votes: 0

I don't think school reform should be motivated by missionary zeal. I think it should be motivated by evidence of what works. Votes: 0

What we can say for sure is that, at the very least, God calls every Christian to live with a missionary heart. Votes: 0

No one will be able to rise to the magnificence of the missionary cause who does not feel the magnificence of Christ. Votes: 0

There is a missionary spirit—a spirit which urges us to live outside ourselves and to be concerned for the welfare of others. Votes: 0

If the church is to be missionary, she must be spiritual; and if the church is to be spiritual, she must be missionary. Votes: 0

A true understanding of who God is, who we are, and the missionary task should drive us to our knees and keep us there. Votes: 0

The missionary experience is part of Christian formation and it is important for adolescents and young people to be able to live it personally. Votes: 0

My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young. Votes: 0

At that moment I would have welcomed spider-rats nibbling on my toes about as much as the idea of chatting with a missionary priest. Votes: 0

An authentically eucharistic Church is a missionary Church... Truly, nothing is more beautiful than to know Christ and to make him known to others. Votes: 0

A person employed in direct missionary work among the natives, especially if his employ is somewhat itinerant, can easily make long and interesting journals. Votes: 0

I know the team, as a whole, has had an impact on the youth of the church, and on the missionary efforts throughout the world. Votes: 0

Well, sure, but I don't bring God into it. I think shower massage might have been invented by the devil. God invented the missionary position. Votes: 0

Cannot the love of Christ carry the missionary where the slave-trade carries the trader? I shall open up a path to the interior or perish. Votes: 0

I go out as a missionary not that I may follow the dictates of common sense, but that I may obey that command of Christ. Votes: 0

The greatest missionary tool we have is that of demonstrating friendliness, brotherly kindness, harmony, love and peace in our homes and in all our church meetings. Votes: 0

Are there no Moravians in the Moon, that not a missionary has yet visited this poor pagan planet of ours, to civilise civilisation and christianise Christendom? Votes: 0

I really connect with those moments of doing missionary work down there and just seeing the people that are dying from disease and hunger and malnutrition. Votes: 0

One summer evening in the year 1848, three Cardinals and a missionary were dining together in the gardens of a villa in the Sabine hills, overlooking Rome. Votes: 0

For what we are about to receive, Oh Lord 'tis Thee we thank,' said the cannibal as he cut a slice off the missionary's shank. Votes: 0

If you look at Isis beheading women and children, if you are like me, you are not thinking, one of these would make a great missionary. Votes: 0

The pope is becoming a missionary, you will say. Yes, the pope is becoming a missionary, which means a witness, a shepherd, an apostle on the move. Votes: 0

None of us will honor our Heavenly Father and our Savior more than by serving as a devoted, compassionate missionary, "For them that honour me I will honour." Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The technologist was the final guise of the white missionary, industrialization the last gospel of a dying race and living standards a substitute for a purpose in living. Votes: 0

Serving throughout the world is a great missionary force going about doing good. Missionaries teach truth. They dispel darkness. They spread joy. They bring precious souls to Christ. Votes: 0

My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a missionary and work abroad, but girls started to become a bigger part of my life around the time I lost interest in the priesthood. Votes: 0

Amazon may be the most beguiling company that ever existed, and it is just getting started. It is both missionary and mercenary... That has always been a potent combination. Votes: 0

Paul had an almost missionary companion. His name was Demas. Paul wrote his entire history in nine words. He says: Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world. Votes: 0

Part of the heartache of all missionary work is the bright promising convert who turns out to be a mere puffball, crumbling like a macaroon under the least pressure. Votes: 0

The biggest hindrance to the missionary task is self. Self that refuses to die. Self that refuses to sacrifice. Self that refuses to give. Self that refuses to go. Votes: 0

The least difficult thing a foreign missionary has to learn is the language; the part of her work which she has the most reason to dread is its responsibility. Votes: 0

If the Lord is coming soon, is this not a very practical motive for greater missionary effort? I know of no other motive that has been so stimulating to myself. Votes: 0

Being Missional means actually doing mission right where you are. Missional means adopting the posture of a missionary, learning and adapting to the culture around you while remaining Biblically sound. Votes: 0

For women, we intend to do something in a noble and missionary spirit... We mean to appeal to their intellects... and we hereby announce ourselves as determined and bigoted feminists. Votes: 0

There are others whose lives are blessed when a missionary serves, such as the members of his family who support him, pray for him, and try to live worthy of him. Votes: 0

You have before you the task of seeking new ways to announce Christ in situations of rapid and often profound transformation, and of emphasizing the missionary character of all pastoral activity. Votes: 0

Before I got into politics, I wanted to be a missionary to people in the Middle East. I thought it would be better to speak with them in their own language. Votes: 0

Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour! Votes: 0

Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.' Votes: 0

A way of spreading the dharma is just telling people, sharing with them your experiences. Never push it, never be a missionary. Be completely selfless; realize you're only an instrument of eternity. Votes: 0

If women can organize missionary societies, temperance societies, and every kind of charitable organization... why not permit them to be ordained to preach the Gospel and administer the sacraments of the Church? Votes: 0

The reason to get in touch with the culture is not to adopt it but to engage it for the same reasons a missionary does... to gain a hearing for the gospel. Votes: 0

The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church. Votes: 0

I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of missionary, by a slow process or suddenly. Votes: 0

I come from a culture that embodies the need to convert others to "the truth." The Mormon Church has one of the largest missionary programs in the world. That does not interest me. Votes: 0

I know enough about Satan to realize that he will have all his weapons ready for determined opposition. He would be a missionary simpleton who expected plain sailing in any work of God. Votes: 0

True Christianity is love in action. There is no better way to manifest love for God than to show an unselfish love for your fellow men. This is the spirit of missionary work Votes: 0

This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction; so that, apart altogether from choice and other lower reasons, my going forth is a matter of obedience to a plain command. Votes: 0

A worker in the rural reconstruction must have: The body of an athlete The attitude of a teacher The mind of a scientist The heart of a missionary The spirit of a crusader. Votes: 0

I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being. Votes: 0

men should not be sexing their women in the missionary position because they are facing away from the sky. Instead of looking down, men are to look up. To the vastness of Father Sky Votes: 0

An unprecedented wave of enthusiasm for missionary work is sweeping the entire earth. It is not man-made! It comes from the Lord, who said, "I will hasten my work in its time" (D&C 88:73). Votes: 0

May all our contemporaries stand beside their brothers and sisters in humanity. Each one of you is called by Christ and must be a missionary of the Good News in word and in active charity. Votes: 0

The Church is missionary by nature and her principal task is evangelization, which aims to proclaim and to witness to Christ and to promote his Gospel of peace and love in every environment and culture. Votes: 0

[Referring to FDR] If he became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he needs so sorely, he would begin fattening a missionary in the White House yard come Wednesday. Votes: 0

Devoted disciples of Jesus Christ always have been and always will be valiant missionaries. A missionary is a follower of Christ who testifies of Him as the Redeemer and proclaims the truths of His gospel. Votes: 0

Nobody had ever instructed him that a slave-ship, with a procession of expectant sharks in its wake, is a missionary institution, by which closely-packed heathen are brought over to enjoy the light of the Gospel. Votes: 0