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Quotes About Mission

Lord Jesus, I am weary in Thy work, but not of it. If I have not yet finished my course, let me go and speak for Thee once more in the field, seal Thy truth, and come home to die.
~ George Whitefield
I felt more than ever the necessity of my mission. But I went home out of spirits, I hardly know why. I must work by myself all life long.
~ Elizabeth Blackwell
I see no business in life but the work of Christ.
~ Henry Martyn
Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.
~ David Livingstone
Rise up, you suckers, and go out and do the work of Jesus!
~ Tony Campolo
Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.
~ Charles Simeon
If God is not with us, we do not want to continue. If the Sermon on the Mount is simply impractical, our mission work is hopeless. We have no backup plan. We have nothing but Him.
~ Heidi Baker
It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
~ Thomas Carlyle
We should never stop at having won a soul for Christ. By this, we have done only half the work. Every soul won for Christ must be made to be a soul-winner.
~ Richard Wurmbrand
He who does Christ's work must stay with Christ always.
~ Fra Angelico
A constant attention to the work which God entrusts us with is a mark of solid piety.
~ John Wesley
We are on earth as extensions of God to finish the work He began. We are the essence of God, His on-going incarnation in the world.
~ Earl Paulk
God is truly on the side of those who work for social justice, especially when we accompany that work with the giving of the Gospel!
~ Joni Eareckson Tada
This really is my life's work, to go where there is suffering.
~ Kayla Mueller
Consider six or eight hours a day sacred to the Lord and His work, and let nothing hinder your giving this time (to language study and practice) till you can preach fluently and intelligibly.
~ Hudson Taylor
Did think you were here to kill time listening to Christian music until you go to heaven? We've got work to do.
~ Mark Driscoll
The truth is that most mission work is carried out where the church already exists Only small percentages are working where the church is non-existent.
~ George Verwer
Sin and accountability aren't popular messages. Yet being trendy and well liked is not the point. We're here to carry out the work and mission of God, even when doing so is uncomfortable.
~ Charles Stanley
Men are immortal till their work is done.
~ David Livingstone
I am succeeding quite well in my work and the future looks well. What special mission is God preparing me for? Cutting off all earthly ties and isolating me as it were.
~ Ellen Swallow Richards
So many missionaries, intent on doing something, forget that His main work is to make something of them.
~ Jim Elliot
I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission.
~ Michael Johnson
Outstanding leaders have a sense of mission, a belief in themselves and the value of their work.
~ Brian Tracy
Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.
~ J. William Fulbright