Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.
Elisabeth ElliotThe preoccupations of young women-their looks, their clothes, their social life-don't seem to change much from generation to generation. But in every generation there are a few that make others choices.
Elisabeth ElliotAmong the most joyful people I have known have been some who seem to have had no human reason for joy. The sweet fragrance of Christ has shown through their lives.
Elisabeth ElliotI took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. I assumed that those men would also be looking for women with principle. I did not want to be among the marked-down goods on the bargain table, cheap because theyโd been pawed over. Crowds collect there. It is only the few who will pay full price. "You get what you pay for.
Elisabeth ElliotA real woman understands that man was created to be the initiator, and she operates on that premise. This is primarily a matter of attitude. I am convinced that the woman who understands and accepts with gladness the difference between masculine and feminine will be, without pretense or self-consciousness, womanly.
Elisabeth Elliot