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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.
David Livingstone
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David Livingstone
Age: 60 †
Born: 1813
Born: March 19
Died: 1873
Died: May 1
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Blantyre
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There is a Ruler above, and His Providence guides all things. He is our Friend and has plenty of work for all His people to do. It is such a blessing and a privilege to be led into His work instead of into the service of the hard taskmasters - the Devil and sin.
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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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All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.
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I have found that I have no unusual endowments of intellect, but this day I resolve that I will be an uncommon Christian.
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I will go anywhere, provided it is forward.
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May the time come when rich men and great men would think it an honor to support whole stations of missionaries in Africa, instead of spending their money on hounds and horses.
David Livingstone
Fastings and vigils without a special object in view are time run to waste.
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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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Education has been given us from above for the purpose of bringing to the benighted the knowledge of the Saviour.
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There is one safe and happy place, and that is in the will of God.
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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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Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.
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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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Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond
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I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office.
David Livingstone
If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?
David Livingstone
It is far easier to travel than to write about it.
David Livingstone
The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet.
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I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.
David Livingstone
I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.
David Livingstone
