Elliot Quotes

“Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts.”
― Elizabeth Elliot

“A man must at times be hard as nails: willing to face up to the truth about himself, and about the woman he loves, refusing compromise when compromise is wrong. But he must also be tender. No weapon will breach the armor of a woman's resentment like tenderness.”
― Elizabeth Elliot, The Mark of a Man

“Just because you don't want to see something doesn't mean that it will go away. Do you think inhumanity doesn't exist if you pretend not to see it? Or maybe get too drunk to understand? We've forgotten the things that make life worthwhile.”
― Bethany Griffin, Masque of the Red Death

“The question is simply,'Who is your master?'Once that's settled, you ask whether any word have been spoken. If it has, you have your orders.”
― Elizabeth Elliot, The Mark of a Man

“Abruptly, Elliot startles us all by standing and pulling his chair back so it scrapes across the tile floor. All eyes turn to him. He gazes down at Kate for one moment and then drops to one knee beside her.
Oh. My. God.
He reaches for her hand, and silence settles like a blanket over the entire restaurant as everyone stops eating, stops talking, stops walking, and stares.
"My beautiful Kate, I love you. Your grace, your beauty, and your fiery spirit have no equal, and you have captured my heart. Spend your life with me. Marry me."
Holy shit!”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades Freed

“It would seem that unless we see through and beyond the physical, we shall not even see the physical as we ought to see it: as the very vehicle for the glory of God”
― Elizabeth Elliot, The Mark of a Man

“...You are my compass star."
And he was hers.”
― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars

“If you can stand on your own, it's better that you walk back rather than making someone from the fleet take you." Elliot rose, then swallowed the bile she tasted in her throat. "I have stood on my own for many years." He didn't look away this time, and his eyes were like a stranger's. "You're not the only one.”
― Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars

“I give him the kind of smile only shared between two people who desperately hate something and thoroughly enjoy hating it together.”
― Tracey Neithercott, Gray Wolf Island

“Holy swoon-gate!' Elliot exclaims when I finally get to the end of my tale. 'If that's what Brooklyn boys are like I'm emigrating as soon as possible!”
― Zoe Sugg, Girl Online

“She was so far from his type she might as well have been another species.”
― Megan Hart, Every Part of You: Tempts Me

“We’re all dying from the moment we’re born. That’s all we do our entire lives, is die.”
― Megan Hart, Every Part of You: Denies Me

“No two [love] stories are alike, for He knows His sheep, calls them by name, and leads them in paths of righteousness.”
― Elisabeth Elliott