Jackie Pullinger famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

American statesmen might like some Europeans more than others and even detect quaint resemblances to their own outlook; but they no more committed themselves to a particular group or country than a nineteenth-century missionary committed himself to the African tribe in which he happened to find himself.
Missionary life is simply a chance to die.
It's better to obey God rather than men.
After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
Christ not only died for all: He died for each.
It's great news. The reality of negotiations today is that they take time. But these have always been conducted in a good spirit and we are very pleased with the outcome. We can now look forward to the future.
We get so little news about the developing world that we often forget that there are literally millions of people out there struggling to change things to be fairer, freer, more democratic, less corrupt.
In the old days, they killed the messenger who brought the bad news... a Cassandra is never popular in her time.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
Saying the Tech Bloom is not commercially driven is like saying Mother Teresa had an interest in the poor.

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