Missionaries Quotes

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Desmond Tutu

Eyes, Said, Bible

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
Will Rogers

Opinion, Makes, Difference

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
H. L. Mencken

Found, Promise, Among

The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already.
Edward Abbey

Enough, Dangerous, Weren

I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.
Jeff Bezos

Business, Care, Why

Actually, my cd was released in 1985, in return for two German missionaries and a Dutch urologist.
Emo Philips

Two, Actually, Return

I counseled many returning missionaries. I interviewed 1,700 missionaries all over the world. My advice to them is that you should study and prepare for your life's work in a field that you enjoy.
Thomas S. Monson

Life, Work, Enjoy

People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives with it. It's not really what they were doing. They were all doing something rather different.
Colin Firth

Different, Rather, Idea

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.
Pearl S. Buck

Country, Heaven, Won

In the past, missionaries have traveled to far countries with the message of the gospel - with great hardship and often with the loss of life. In contrast, we can reach millions instantly from the comfort of our homes by merely hitting the 'send' button on our computers, or with iPads, or phones.
Ray Comfort

Life, Great, Computers

You don't need missionaries in Colorado; you got Colorado.
Trey Parker

Sometimes it's hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn't just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.
Bear Grylls

Good, God, Hard

It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be.
Hu Shih

True, Christian, Desire

I grew up taking it for granted that missionaries were what American boys grew up to be.
Huston Smith

American, Granted, Taking

I'm a Catholic by background. I was raised in Goa, a part of India that was visited by Portuguese missionaries a few hundred years ago, which explains my last name.
Dinesh D'Souza

Last, Few, Name

Some missionaries are giants in the Spirit and pygmies in skills in the Spirit. Work hard to develop a balance. Your leaders, and you, should teach the skills to each other.
Richard G. Scott

Work, Hard, Balance

The key to successful missionary work is a close relationship between the missionaries and the members. Creating an environment in working with members that will bring more into the Church.
Richard G. Scott

Work, Successful, Working

The people on my mum's side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life.
Evangeline Lilly

Life, Family, Dad

My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil.
Arto Lindsay

Parents, Born, Brazil

The Anti-Slavery public have generously responded to our appeal, and sent the means to enable us to fit them out well, to pay their passages, supply them with many useful articles and give the Missionaries money to sustain themselves for a while.
Lewis Tappan

Money, Give, Means

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.
Jayne Meadows

Parents, Born, China

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