Quotes

"Let no one cause to depart from the standard that is laid through the letter of the Scripture which is revealed by the blood of Christ and of many witnesses of Jesus." —Michael Sattler

"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all." —David Livingstone

"Prejudice, which sees what it pleases, cannot see what is plain" —Aubrey T. de Vere

"I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking Him to do His work through me." —Hudson Taylor

"If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God, you’ll be at rest." —Corrie Ten Boom

“We have observed that there is more to Bible translation than just the process of translating. We need to be involved in evangelism and discipleship and teaching the Bible. It’s an amazing, long, intense process." —Dave Hare

"The problem with the world is that we draw our circle of family too small." —Mother Teresa

"I don’t agree with those who see reaching the unreached as being the only valid form of Christian mission; it is much broader and richer than this.

"Christian faith rests on a divine act of translation. ‘The Word became flesh and dwelt among us’ (John 1:14). Any confidence we have in the translatability of the Bible rests on that prior act of translation.

"The root issue in all of these considerations (helping the poor) is that God, who is a worker, ordained work so that humans could worship Him through their work.