[Amy Carmichael's] great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate.

Things happen which would not happen without prayer. Let us not forget that.

Accept your loneliness. It is one stage, and only one stage, on a journey that brings you to God. It will not always last. Offer up your loneliness to God, as the little boy offered to Jesus his five loaves and two fishes. God can transform it for the good of others. Above all, do something for somebody else!

She is free not by disobeying the rules but by obeying them.

It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.

We never know what God has up His sleeve. You never know what might happen; you only know what you have to do now.

Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.