He Is No Fool Who Gives What He Cannot Keep To Gain What He Cannot Lose

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

The above image is a scanned copy of jim elliot s journal entry that he wrote over sixty years ago on october 28 1949 which features the quote that the martyred christian missionary is most noted for. He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose jim elliot. He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose elliot was not well known during his life. Someone is a balanced person in one s day to day practical life who believes in the commonplace gives and takes of the everyday physical and material existence of human life and is aware of the ways of the world with wisdom.

The quote he is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose comes from jim elliott.