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I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.

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
Inspirational
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Long
Clever
Anywhere
Forward
Positive
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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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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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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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It is far easier to travel than to write about it.
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People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.
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The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet.
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Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give.
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There is one safe and happy place, and that is in the will of God.
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I will try and remember always to approach God in secret with as much reverence in speech, posture, and behavior as in public. Help me, Thou who knowest my frame and pitiest as a father his children.
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I am a missionary, heart and soul.
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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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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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.... 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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All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.
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I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office.
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Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond
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I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything will advance the interests of that kingdom, it shall be given away or kept only in reference to whether giving or keeping will most promote the glory1 of him to whom I owe all my hopes in time and eternity.
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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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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 my desire to show my attachment to the cause of Him who died for me by devoting my life to His service.
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