People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.
David LivingstoneThe mere animal pleasure of travelling in a wild unexplored country is also great. The effect of travel on a man whose heart is in the right place is that the mind is made more self-reliant: it becomes more confident of its own resources, there is greater presence of mind.
David LivingstoneI'd rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God, than on the throne of England, out of the will of God.
David LivingstoneCannot the love of Christ carry the missionary where the slave-trade carries the trader? I shall open up a path to the interior or perish.
David Livingstone