Quotes about Missions

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Votes: 4

Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God. Votes: 3

Missions: The Word of God from the heart of God to the heart of man through a consecrated, dedicated, and pure vessel. Votes: 3

Missions is God finding those whose hearts are right with Him and placing them where they can make a difference for His kingdom Votes: 3

There's nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail. Votes: 3

If you want the Kingdom speeded, go out and speed it yourselves. Only obedience rationalizes prayer. Only Missions can redeem your intercessions from insincerity. Votes: 3

Missions is not applied anthropology, comparative religion or sociology. It is storming the gates of hell. It is a power confrontation-h and-to-hand combat with Satan and his demons. Votes: 3

God is a God of motion, of movement, and of mission... Mission is not an activity of the church but an attribute of God. God is a missionary God, Jesus is a missionary Messiah, and the Spirit is a missionary Spirit. Missions is the family business. Votes: 3

All of history is moving toward one great goal, the white-hot worship of God and His Son among all the peoples of the earth. Missions is not that goal. It is the means. And for that reason it is the second greatest human activity in the world. Votes: 3

A woman's beauty is one of her great missions. Votes: 2

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

I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission. Votes: 2

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

Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister. Votes: 2

It is the mission of the twentieth century to elucidate the irrational. Votes: 2

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not. Votes: 2

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal Votes: 2

Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo. Votes: 2

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

Reading the Book of Mormon is one of the greatest persuaders to get men on missions. Votes: 2

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons. Votes: 2

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. Votes: 2

Human nature means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of vulnerability drives Pimco. Votes: 2

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission. Votes: 2

There's a lot of interest there in the missions that I fly on and the ones my brother's involved with. Votes: 2

I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do impossible things. Votes: 2

I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life. Votes: 2

If God wills the evangelization of the world, and you refuse to support missions, then you are opposed to the will of God. Votes: 2

Increasingly, I'm inspired by entrepreneurs who run nonprofit organizations that fund themselves, or for-profit organizations that achieve social missions while turning a profit. Votes: 2

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. Votes: 2

The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on. Votes: 2

Dare to dream of your great success. Become intimate with those things which deeply motivate you and regularly work toward the realization of that mission. Votes: 2

I still believe that the mission of Business 2.0 is very strong, very fundamental, and we're really at the beginning of where they're going to take us. Votes: 2

We are involved in technology development for, you know, missions that we hope to plan that would take us to an asteroid and eventually to Mars. Votes: 2

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission. Votes: 2

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it. Votes: 2

Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions. Votes: 2

Exploring Mars is a far different venture from Apollo expeditions to the moon; it necessitates leaving our home planet on lengthy missions with a constrained return capability. Votes: 2

Teaching and research are not to be confused with training for a profession. Their greatness and their misfortune is that they are a refuge or a mission. Votes: 2

I'm in favor of changing the destination of humans. There are a lot of manned missions that can be done, but not in the direction of the moon. Votes: 2

Kofi Annan was the U.N. Under-Secretary General for peacekeeping operations. He had the responsibilities in regards to the mounting and operation of peacekeeping missions around the world. Votes: 2

Whether the task is fixing health care, upgrading K-12 education, bolstering national security, or a host of other missions, the U.S. is better at patching problems than fixing them. Votes: 2

Remember Star Trek? They're on this huge ship and they've got all these people, right? But you only see them, maybe they go on some mission and one of them gets killed. Votes: 2

Like, Mission Of Burma to me always sounded almost like they were part of the British Arty New Wave. I kind of like that. I like not being able to tell the difference. Votes: 2

I miss the reference section at the library. I used to go there twice a week on missions. Now everywhere's a research library and I can't get an elitist kick from it any more. Votes: 2

I am grateful my own eternal companion served a mission in Hawaii before we were married in the Salt Lake Temple, and I am pleased that I have had three granddaughters serve full-time missions. Votes: 2

I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets. Votes: 2

While vast continents are shrouded in darkness... the burden of proof lies upon you to show that the circumstances in which God has placed you were meant by God to keep you out of the foreign mission field. Votes: 2

I think we have two very important missions in life. One is to find out who we really are and the other one is to taste as much of life and experience as much of life as we can. Votes: 2

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions. Votes: 2

We can all be proud of our men and women in the military who are following their orders, carrying out their missions and sacrificing so much to give the Iraqi people a chance for a more peaceful and prosperous future. Votes: 2

God involves us in his missions not because He needs us, but because He loves us. And in His mercy He has invited us to be involved in His sovereign design for the spread of the gospel to the ends of the earth. Votes: 2

What if the very reason we have breath is because we have been saved for a global mission? And what if anything less than passionate involvement in global mission is actually selling God short by frustrating the very purpose for which he created us? Votes: 2

The practical case for manned spacef light gets ever-weaker with each advance in robots and miniaturisation - indeed, as a scientist or practical man, I see little purpose in sending people into space at all. But as a human being, I'm an enthusiast for manned missions. Votes: 2

The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries from Somalia to South Sudan, conducted airstrikes and abduction missions, even put boots on the ground in countries where it pledged it would not. Votes: 2

I would hope to get together with the Latino community, if I could ever have them talk to me without screaming and threatening me. So I hope to get together with the community and try to explain what we do, so that's going to be one of my missions coming up. Votes: 2

One thing that was amazing about World War II was that everybody signed up for the duration plus six months. Fliers got to leave combat after 25 missions, or 35 missions, but other than that, you were in it. You were part of the great effort, until, oh boy, six months after it was over. Votes: 2

The Obama presidency has seen the U.S. military's elite tactical forces increasingly used in an attempt to achieve strategic goals. But with Special Operations missions kept under tight wraps, Americans have little understanding of where their troops are deployed, what exactly they are doing, or what the consequences might be down the road. Votes: 2

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Votes: 2

One of my missions was to teach. Votes: 0

Live your life as a missions trip. Votes: 0

The mission of the church is missions. Votes: 0

Plans are great, but missions are better. Votes: 0

Military missions are not democratic development aid. Votes: 0

We don't invent our missions, we detect them. Votes: 0

The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed. Votes: 0

Zeal for the glory of God motivates world missions Votes: 0

The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. Votes: 0

Today Christians spend more money on dog food then missions Votes: 0

The opposing missions of the various characters create the plot. Votes: 0

Worship is ultimate, not missions. Because God is ultimate, not man. Votes: 0

Where passion for God is weak, zeal for missions will be weak. Votes: 0

Every step in the progress of missions is directly traceable to prayer. Votes: 0

A missions conference is a business meeting to decide the fate of the heathen. Votes: 0

What's your dream and to what corner of the missions world will it take you? Votes: 0

The goal of missions is the gladness of the peoples in the greatness of God. Votes: 0

Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions. Votes: 0

During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the military conducted only a handful of drone missions. Votes: 0

The chief end of missions is the supremacy of God in the joy of all peoples. Votes: 0

If you take missions out of the Bible, you won't have anything left but the covers. Votes: 0

Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions. Votes: 0

Military missions cannot be a normal tool of politics, but instead must remain the great exception. Votes: 0

Our military should be trained and structured around missions, not the elements of air, water, and land. Votes: 0

The church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission. Votes: 0

My mission of life is to entertain people; same I get entertain from some others life missions. Votes: 0

Our military should be trained and structured around missions, not the elements of air, water, and land. Votes: 0

There are as many life missions as there are people. We are all unique. We are all important. Votes: 0

One of the missions of Google[x] is to use technology to get technology out of the way Votes: 0

But I think frustration is hilarious. One of my missions is to bring humor into fine art. It's sacred. Votes: 0

It is our confidence in the sovereign grace of God that gives us any hope of success in missions. Votes: 0

The reason space missions need artificial gravity is clear: humans simply did not evolve to live in zero gravity. Votes: 0

There are only three kinds of Christians when it comes to world missions: zealous goers, zealous senders, and disobedient. Votes: 0

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

The U.S., often in secret, carries out counterterrorism missions all the time, with drones in places like Yemen and Somalia. Votes: 0

I want to make sure that we, as a nation, stay unified because that's how we're going to achieve our missions. Votes: 0

The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization hinges on prayer. Votes: 0

If someone does not have a missions heart at home, nothing magical happens when they buckle the seat belt on the airplane. Votes: 0

God has called every Christian to international missions, but He does not want everyone to go. God calls some to be senders. Votes: 0

If we love God's fame and are committed to magnifying His name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions. Votes: 0

If the Church is not Making Disciples, then all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible, are a waste of time. Votes: 0

We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings. Votes: 0

A church without a missions or a mission without the church are both contradictions. Such things do exist, but only as pseudostructures Votes: 0

Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions-and in your church and the poor-and your heart will follow. Votes: 0

Some are trapped in boxes of pea-sized Christianity, full of myths about missions that rob them of incentive to care about the unreached Votes: 0

The characters that I create are parts of myself and I send them on little missions to find out what I don't know yet. Votes: 0

For years, the church has emphasized evangelism, teaching, fellowship, missions, and service to society to the neglect of the very source of its power--worship. Votes: 0

The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. It is the key to the whole mission problem. All human means are secondary. Votes: 0

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure. Votes: 0

Only Hungry Joe had something better to do each time he finished his missions. He had screaming nightmares and won fist fights with Huple's cat. Votes: 0

If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road. Votes: 0

In my experience flying search-and-rescue missions, the greatest single variable contributing to successful rescues was the preparedness and expertise of the person(s) in distress. Votes: 0

Google is about information and computers and making things really fast. Facebook is about the sharing and connections. These missions give these companies direction and motivation. Votes: 0

I believe it will only be known on the last day how much has been accomplished in overseas missions by the prayers of earnest believers at home. Votes: 0

It's not going to happen through technology or our intellectual abilities but only through prayer. When we pray, God works. We believe God blesses churches that bless missions. Votes: 0

There are countless space activities that would be no less exciting than the moon missions were, I have no doubt. The search for life on Mars, for example. Votes: 0

I have a feeling that we have been placed on this earth for a special reason and although I have not fulfilled all my missions, I am trying. Votes: 0

A fictional, but all too real, look at extremist militias in the United States and the extent to which some of them go to carry out their 'missions'. Votes: 0

I'd prefer to invite the artists simply to work and have fun with Guatemalan artists. To share missions of life. Maybe that is more important than seeing an exhibition. Votes: 0

Our ministry is supported entirely by faith, through the missions gifts of readers who receive my messages every three weeks. We seldom mention money, and we never burden supporters. Votes: 0

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle. Votes: 0

Well, with so many space shuttle missions that we've done, I think it's just sort of natural that each one hasn't necessarily gotten the attention that the early ones did. Votes: 0

I sometimes read that it's time for German democracy to finally grow up. I don't see it as a sign of maturity if we treat military missions as something normal. Votes: 0

Any place that manufactures humans into weapons is going to piss off a couple members of X-Force. I always want a personal reason for why these characters take on these missions, Votes: 0

When you see people only as personalities, rather than souls with life missions to fulfill, you forever limit the growth and possibilities of what God has in store for another person. Votes: 0

I have considered the subject of missions nearly a year and have found my mind gradually tending to a deep conviction that it is my duty personally to engage in this service. Votes: 0

The saddest thing one meets is a nominal Christian. I had not seen it in Japan where missions is younger. The church here is a “field full of wheat and tares. Votes: 0

I think that the celebrity memoir as a genre is looked upon as a lesser form. One of my missions as a ghostwriter has been to elevate that form. Maybe that sounds pretentious! Votes: 0

In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc., but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General. 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

Our covering ministry is Challenge for Christ ministries, and Travel the Road was solely our mission arm, designed to expose people to what missions are, then connect them with agencies that send people out. Votes: 0

I know this, and I know it from actual experience in the Orient, that the progress of modern Christian civilization has largely depended on the earnest hard work of the Christian missions of every denomination. Votes: 0