72 Amy Carmichael Quotes from Irish Christian Missionary

Amy Carmichael was a famous Irish Christian missionary who established an orphanage and a mission in India.

After her father died she moved in with the Wilson family in England and began using the name Wilson-Carmichael.

Carmichael felt called to be a missionary and after being turned away from the China Inland Mission due to health reasons went to Japan in 1893 with the Church Missionary Society.

Amy Carmichael Quotes

She returned to England in 1894 then went to India in 1895 with the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society.

In India she worked with orphans and founded the Dohnavur Fellowship to rescue children from temple service.

She became known as Amma (Mother) and wrote extensively about her work though she never solicited funds.

In 1931 a fall left her disabled but she continued to write and lead the fellowship until her death in 1951.

Below are some of the top quotes by Amy Carmichael.


Best Amy Carmichael Quotes

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I don’t wonder apostolic miracles have died. Apostolic living certainly has. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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Our enemy is more aware than we are of the spiritual possibilities that depend upon obedience. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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All along, let us remember we are not asked to understand, but simply to obey… ~ Amy Carmichael.

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Thank God, He doesn’t measure out grace in teaspoons. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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Missionary life is simply a chance to die. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If souls can suffer alongside, and I hardly know it, because the spirit of discernment is not in me, then I know nothing of Calvary love… ~ Amy Carmichael.

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Even though we must walk in the land of fear, there is no need to fear. The power of His resurrection comes before the fellowship of His sufferings. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Satan is so much more in earnest than we are – he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting Who made thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received? then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Our loving Lord is not just present, but nearer than the thought can imagine – so near that a whisper can reach Him. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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If you have never been hurt by a word from God, it is probably that you have never heard God speak. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If the praise of others elates me and their blame depresses me; if I cannot rest under misunderstanding without defending myself; if I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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Be earnest, earnest, earnest; mad if thou wilt: Do what thou dost as if the stake were heaven, And that thy last deed ere the judgment day. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I find myself half-carelessly taking lapses for granted, Oh, that’s what they always do. Oh, of course she talks like that, he acts like that, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If our children were to grow up truthful they much be taught by those who had a regard for truth; and not just a casual regard, a delicate regard. On this point we were adamant. ~ Amy Carmichael.

It is not the place where we are, or the work that we do or cannot do that matters, it is something else. It is the fire within that burns and shines, whatever be our circumstances. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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I would rather burn out than rust out. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I slip into the place that can be filled by Christ alone, making myself the first necessity to a soul instead of leading it to fasten upon Him, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery; if stupid people fret me and little ruffles set me on edge; if I make much of the trifles of life, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Top Amy Carmichael Quotes

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O Love of God, do this for me: Maintain a constant victory. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I myself dominate myself, if my thoughts revolve round myself, if I am so occupied with myself I rarely have a heart at leisure from itself, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Strength of my heart, I need not fail, Not mind to fear but to obey, With such a Leader, who could quail? Thou art as Thou wert yesterday. Strength of my heart, I rest in Thee, Fulfil Thy purposes through me. ~ Amy Carmichael.

I wish thy way. And when in me myself should rise, and long for something otherwise, Then Lord, take sword and spear And slay. ~ Amy Carmichael.

It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord leads, He always strengthens. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Does it not stir up our hearts, to go forth and help them, does it not make us long to leave our luxury, our exceeding abundant light, and go to them that sit in darkness? ~ Amy Carmichael.

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When I consider the cross of Christ, how can anything that I do be called sacrifice? ~ Amy Carmichael.

If the ultimate, the hardest, cannot be asked of me; if my fellows hesitate to ask it and turn to someone else, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? ~ Amy Carmichael.

Now you are deep in what seems to me a peculiarly selfless service. The spiritual training of children must be that. You work for the years you will not see. You work for the Invisible all the time, but you work for the Eternal. So it is all worthwhile. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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There are many rooms in the House of Pain. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist. ~ Amy Carmichael.

I believe truly that Satan cannot endure it and so slips out of the room – more or less – when there is a true song. ~ Amy Carmichael.

But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us; and again and again we have proved that the overwhelming thing does not overwhelm. Once more by His interposition deliverance came. We were cast down, but not destroyed. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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Do not fight the thing in detail: turn from it. Look ONLY at your Lord. Sing. Read. Work. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If a sudden jar can cause me to speak an impatient, unloving word, then I know nothing of Calvary love. For a cup brimful of sweet water cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, however suddenly jolted. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I am perturbed by the reproach and misunderstanding that may follow action taken for the good of souls for whom I must give account; if I cannot commit the matter and go on in peace and in silence, remembering Gethsemane and the cross, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Wise Amy Carmichael Quotes

The saddest thing one meets is a nominal Christian. ~ Amy Carmichael.

God Hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else. ~ Amy Carmichael.

There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us – To will what God wills brings peace. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, wherever you are. Perhaps he may be in great peril at that moment. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Those who think too much of themselves don’t think enough. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Love knows how to do without what it naturally wants. Love knows how to say, ‘What does it matter.’ ~ Amy Carmichael.

A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I can enjoy a joke at the expense of another; if I can in any way slight another in conversation, or even in thought, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

You can always give without loving, but you can never love without giving. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If Thy dear home be fuller, Lord, For that a little emptier. My house on earth, what rich rewards. That guerdon were. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Thought-Provoking Amy Carmichael Quotes

Can we follow the Savior far, who have no wound or scar? ~ Amy Carmichael.

If by doing some work which the undiscerning consider ‘not spiritual work’ I can best help others, and I inwardly rebel, thinking it is the spiritual for which I crave, when in truth it is the interesting and exciting, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

We profess to be strangers and pilgrims, seeking after a country of our own, yet we settle down in the most un-stranger-like fashion, exactly as if we were quite at home and meant to stay as long as we could. I don’t wonder apostolic miracles have died. Apostolic living certainly has. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Prayer is the core of the day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse… ~ Amy Carmichael.

When an answer I did not expect comes to a prayer which I believed I truly meant, I shrink back from it; if the burden my Lord asks me to bear be not the burden of my heart’s choice, and I fret inwardly and do not welcome His will, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

God forgive us! God arouse us! Shame us out of our callousness! Shame us out of our sin! ~ Amy Carmichael.

What is the secret to great living? Entire separation to Christ and devotion to Him. Thus speaks every man and woman whose life has made more than a passing flicker in the spiritual realm. It is the life that has no time for trifling that counts. ~ Amy Carmichael.

God, harden me against myself! ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest the one concerned should say, “You do not understand”, or because I fear to lose my reputation for kindness; if I put my own good name before the other’s highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Inspiring Amy Carmichael Quotes

All life’s training is just exactly what is needed for the true Life-work, still out of view but far away from none of us. Don’t grudge me the learning of a new lesson. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I take offence easily; if I am content to continue in cold unfriendliness, though friendship be possible, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

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Oh, will you pray? Stop now and pray, lest desire turn to feeling and feeling evaporate. ~ Amy Carmichael.

The word comfort is from two Latin words meaning “with” and “strong” – He is with us to make us strong. Comfort is not soft, weakening commiseration; it is true, strengthening love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

The best training is to learn to accept everything as it comes, as from Him whom our soul loves. The tests are always unexpected things, not great things that can be written up, but the common little rubs of life, silly little nothings, things you are ashamed of minding one scrap. ~ Amy Carmichael.

There is always something to be happy about if we look for it: ‘Two men looked through prison bars, The one saw mud, the other stars.’ ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I say, Yes, I forgive, but I cannot forgive, as though the God, who twice a day washes all the sands on all the shores of all the world, could not wash such memories from my mind, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

Profound Amy Carmichael Quotes

If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying Peace, peace, where is no peace; if I forget the poignant word Let love be without dissimulation” and blunt the edge of truth, speaking not right things but smooth things, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

He hath never failed thee yet. Never will His love forget. O fret not thyself nor let Thy heart be troubled, Neither let it be afraid. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If I put my own good name before the other’s highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary’s love. ~ Amy Carmichael.

If my attitude be on of fear, not faith, about the one who has disappointed me; if I say Just what I expected, if a fall occurs, then I know nothing of Calvary Love. ~ Amy Carmichael.


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