Eric Liddell Quotes

#1. And where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within.

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#2. If you are not guided by God, you will be guided by something or someone else.

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#3. Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.

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#4. It has been a wonderful experience to compete in the Olympic Games and to bring home a gold medal. But since I have been a young lad, I have had my eyes on a different prize. You see, each one of us is in a greater race than any I have run in Paris, and this race ends when God gives out the medals.

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#5. As Christians, I challenge you. Have a great aim - have a high standard - make Jesus your ideal ... make Him an ideal not merely to be admired but also to be followed.

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#6. If, in the quiet of your heart, you feel something should be done, stop and consider whether it is in line with the character and teaching of Jesus. If so, obey that impulse to do it, and in doing so you will find it was God guiding you.

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#7. Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's will that brings certainty.

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#8. The secret of my success over the 400m is that I run the first 200m as fast as I can. Then, for the second 200m, with God's help I run faster.

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#9. Christ for the world, for the world needs Christ!

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#10. We are all missionaries. Wherever we go we either bring people nearer to Christ or we repel them from Christ.

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#11. Purity does not mean crushing the instincts but having the instincts as servants and not the master of the spirit.

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#12. You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.

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#13. Anyone who, neglecting that fixed hour of prayer, [will] say he can pray at all times but will probably end in praying at no time.

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#14. Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and God's plans, but God is not helpless among the ruins. God's love is still working. He comes in and takes the calamity and uses it victoriously, working out His wonderful plan of love.

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#15. The kingdom is where the King reigns. If He is reigning in my heart, then the Kingdom of Heaven has come to me.

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#16. No man who really is a man ever cared for the easy task. There is no enjoyment in the game that is easily won. It is that in which you have to strain every muscle and sinew to achieve victory that provides real joy.

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#17. In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.

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#18. God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.

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