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All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.

David Livingstone

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David Livingstone
Age: 60 †
Born: 1813
Born: March 19
Died: 1873
Died: May 1
Explorer
Geographer
Missionary
Physician Writer
Researcher
Blantyre
Lanarkshire
Book
Stewardship
Revealed
Divine
Jesus
Christian
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I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.
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Death alone will put a stop to my effort!
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He who died for us, and Whom we ought to copy, did more for us than we can do for any one else. He endured the contradiction of sinners. We should have grace to follow in His steps.
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If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?
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Without Christ, not one step with Him, anywhere!
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Oh, that I could dedicate my all to God. This is all the return I can make Him.
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Education has been given us from above for the purpose of bringing to the benighted the knowledge of the Saviour.
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The mere animal pleasure of travelling in a wild unexplored country is also great. The effect of travel on a man whose heart is in the right place is that the mind is made more self-reliant: it becomes more confident of its own resources, there is greater presence of mind.
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Creeping with awe to the verge, I peered down into a large rent which had been made from bank to bank of the broad Zambezi, and saw that a stream of a thousand yards broad leaped down a hundred feet [30 m] and then became suddenly compressed into a space of fifteen to twenty yards.
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.... the brisk exercise imparts elasticity to the muscles, fresh and healthy blood circulates through the brain, the mind works well, the eye is clear, the step is firm, and a day's exertion always makes the evening's repose thoroughly enjoyable.
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The islands above the falls are covered with foliage as beautiful as can be seen anywhere. Viewed from the mass of rock which overhangs the fall, the scenery was the loveliest I had seen.
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It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to whom our lives are devoted as having some sinister object in view.
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There is one safe and happy place, and that is in the will of God.
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Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.
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I'd rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God, than on the throne of England, out of the will of God.
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