Amy Carmichael was an incredible woman who overcame many obstacles in her life. She is known for the work she did with children and orphans in India, at Dohnavur Fellowship. Born into a wealthy family, she grew up to be a missionary and nurse. After spending time working overseas as a doctor, she came back to England to teach Sunday school at Kensington Square Baptist Church where she became active with the London City Mission Society. One day while walking home from the church, Amy heard Christ’s call: I want you. The next morning Amy quit her job and left everything behind for Him. Discover the best words from Amy Carmichael.
We are glad to present you the most inspiring Work, Life quotes from Amy Carmichael, and much more.
Missionary life is simply a chance to die. — Amy Carmichael
There is nothing dreary or doubtful about (the life). It is meant to be continually joyful…We are called to a settled happiness in the Lord whose joy is our strength. — Amy Carmichael
The night I sailed for China, March 3, 1893, my life, on the human side, was broken, and it never was mended again. But He has been enough. — Amy Carmichael
Manliness is not mere courage, it is the quality of soul which frankly accepts all conditions in human life, and makes it a point of honor not to be dismayed or wearied by them. — Amy Carmichael
I don’t wonder apostolic miracles have died. Apostolic living certainly has. — Amy Carmichael
AMY CARMICHAEL QUOTES REGARDING WORK
If I can write an unkind letter, speak an unkind work, think an unkind thought without grief and shame, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
All life’s training is just exactly what is needed for the true Life–work, still out of view but far away from none of us. Don’t grudge me the learning of a new lesson. — Amy Carmichael
Do not fight the thing in detail: turn from it. Look ONLY at your Lord. Sing. Read. Work. — Amy Carmichael
It is not the place where we are, or the work that we do or cannot do that matters, it is something else. It is the fire within that burns and shines, whatever be our circumstances. — Amy Carmichael
We will have all eternity to celebrate our victories, but only a few short hours to win them. — Amy Carmichael
Nothing is worth doing at all, nothing is worth writing, which does not do something which will last. — Amy Carmichael
There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us––To will what God wills brings peace. — Amy Carmichael
Part of a soldier’s duty is to fill gaps…one must be willing to be nothing, as something. — Amy Carmichael
Inspiring Phrases From Amy Carmichael
If I find myself half–carelessly taking lapses for granted, ‘Oh, that’s what they always do.’ ‘Oh, of course she talks like that, he acts like that,’ then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
If I take offence easily; if I am content to continue in cold unfriendliness, though friendship be possible, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
Love accepts the trying things of life without asking for explanations. It trusts and is at rest. — Amy Carmichael
If I slip into the place that can be filled by Christ alone, making myself the first necessity to a soul instead of leading it to fasten upon Him, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. — Amy Carmichael
He hath never failed thee yet. Never will His love forget. O fret not thyself nor let Thy heart be troubled, Neither let it be afraid. — Amy Carmichael
Various Statements From Amy Carmichael
Our loving Lord is not just present, but nearer than the thought can imagine–so near that a whisper can reach Him. — Amy Carmichael
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If I can enjoy a joke at the expense of another; if I can in any way slight another in conversation, or even in thought, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
O Love of God, do this for me: Maintain a constant victory. — Amy Carmichael
If I do not feel far more for the grieved Saviour than for my worried self when troublesome things occur, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
One must as willingly be nothing, as something. — Amy Carmichael
If I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I cannot take the first without making a fuss about my unworthiness, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
If the ultimate, the hardest, cannot be asked of me; if my fellows hesitate to ask it and turn to someone else, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
More Phrases From Amy Carmichael
Those who think too much of themselves don’t think enough. — Amy Carmichael
If souls can suffer alongside, and I hardly know it, because the spirit of discernment is not in me, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
If I do not give a friend ‘The benefit of the doubt,’ but put the worst construction instead of the best on what is said or done, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
Oh, will you pray? Stop now and pray, lest desire turn to feeling and feeling evaporate. — Amy Carmichael
He said ‘Love…as I have loved you.’ We cannot love too much. — Amy Carmichael
If my attitude be on of fear, not faith, about the one who has disappointed me; if I say ‘Just what I expected,’ if a fall occurs, then I know nothing of Calvary Love. — Amy Carmichael
If I myself dominate myself, if my thoughts revolve round myself, if I am so occupied with myself I rarely have ‘a heart at leisure from itself,’ then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
