Quotes by Ellen G. White

About Ellen G. White:

Ellen Gould White was a prolific author and an American Christian pioneer. Along with other Sabbatarian Adventist leaders such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she formed what became known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Smithsonian magazine named Ellen G. White among 100 Most Significant Americans in an acknowledgement of her influence on religion.
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We are not called upon to enter into controversy with those who hold false theories. Controversy is unprofitable. Christ never entered into it. 'It is written' is the weapon used by the world's Redeemer. Let us keep close to the Word. Let us allow th...

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Let me tell you that the children from their very birth are born to evil. Satan seems to have control of them. He seems to take possession of their young minds, and they are corrupted. Why do fathers and mothers act as though a lethargy was upon them...

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The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite.

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Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations are not met, they are disappointed and discouraged. This same disposition will be seen through their whole lives, and they will be helpless, leaning upon othe...

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All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.

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It is a fearful mistake for us to neglect the study of the Bible to investigate theories that are misleading, diverting minds from the words of Christ to fallacies of human production.

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Flesh-meats will depreciate the blood. Cook meat with spices, and eat it with rich cakes and pies, and you have a bad quality of blood.

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Every merciful act to the needy, the suffering, is as though done to Jesus.

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If you lose Heaven, you lose everything; if you gain Heaven, you gain everything.

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Do not sit down in Satan's easy chair of do-little, but arise and aim at the elevated standard which it is your privilege to attain.

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True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.

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The words of Christ are of more worth than the opinions of all the physicians in the universe.

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The ministers of Christ should possess refinement. All uncouth manners, attitudes and gestures should be discarded, and they should encourage in themselves humble dignity of bearing.

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Deal faithfully and truly with your own soul.

Ellen G. White

Souls cannot be saved without exertion.

Ellen G. White

Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes.

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Those who use tobacco, tea and coffee should lay these idols aside, and put their cost into the treasury of the Lord.

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Ministers should impress upon the people the necessity of individual effort. No church can flourish unless its members are workers. The people must lift where the ministers lift.

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If you are suffering from your intemperance in eating or in drinking, we that are around you, or associated with you, are affected by your infirmities. We have to suffer on account of the course you pursue, which is wrong. If it has an influence to l...

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I would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot bear it. Self is easily exalted, and in consequence, persons lose their balance.

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High and eternal things have little weight with the youth.

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Author Bio

  • NameEllen G. White
  • DescriptionProlific author and Seventh-Day Adventist Church leader and founder.
  • BornNovember 26, 1827
  • DiedJuly 16, 1915
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter