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Missionary Quotes (page 2)

But it would be a great mistake to think that the awakening of desire for the Bridegroom would produce a wave of monastic withdrawal into the fasting and prayer of passive waiting. That is not what the awakening of desire for Christ would produce. It would produce a radical, new commitment to complete the task of world evangelization, no matter what the cost. And fasting would not become a pacifistic discipline for private hopes, but a fearsome missionary weapon in the fight of faith. John Piper
Maya Angelou quote: "If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would..."
If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape Maya Angelou
The term 'Savage' is, I conceive, often misapplied, and indeed, when I consider the vices, cruelties, and enormities of every kind that spring up in the tainted atmosphere of a feverish civilization, I am inclined to think that so far as the relative wickedness of the parties is concerned, four or five Marquesan Islanders sent to the United States as Missionaries might be quite as useful as an equal number of Americans despatched to the Islands in a similar capacity. Herman Melville
H. L. Mencken quote: "If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents,..."
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. H. L. Mencken
Jayne Meadows quote: "I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries."
I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries. Jayne Meadows
Jeff Flake quote: "For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And..."
For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive. Jeff Flake
People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives with it. It's not really what they were doing. They were all doing something rather different. Colin Firth
I'm a Catholic by background. I was raised in Goa, a part of India that was visited by Portuguese missionaries a few hundred years ago, which explains my last name. Dinesh D'Souza
Emo Philips quote: "Actually, my cd was released in 1985, in return for two German..."
Actually, my cd was released in 1985, in return for two German missionaries and a Dutch urologist. Emo Philips
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. Deborah Cox
Trey Parker quote: "You don't need missionaries in Colorado; you got Colorado."
You don't need missionaries in Colorado; you got Colorado. Trey Parker
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu
Craig Claiborne quote: "He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing..."
He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table. Craig Claiborne
Deepak Chopra quote: "When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary..."
When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school. Deepak Chopra
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. Pierre Loti

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