More from John Knox
I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
John KnoxJohn Knox A man with God is always in the majority.
John KnoxJohn Knox How good we are as preachers depends – not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily – on how good we are as men.
John KnoxJohn Knox Let no day slip over without some comfort received from the mouth of God.
John KnoxJohn Knox Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.
John KnoxJohn Knox Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.
John KnoxJohn Knox Here lies one who neither flattered nor feared any flesh.
John KnoxJohn Knox When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.
John KnoxJohn Knox You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
John KnoxJohn Knox But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason.
John KnoxJohn Knox Lord, give me Scotland or I die!
John KnoxJohn Knox I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.
John KnoxJohn Knox O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.
John KnoxJohn Knox Ye be proud contemners of the free grace of God offered to man in Christ Jesus. For with the Pelagians and Papists ye are become teachers of free will, and defenders of your own righteousness.
John KnoxJohn Knox Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a species of enthusiasm in their pursuit of it. They have kept one object in view amidst all the vicissitudes of time and torture.
John KnoxJohn Knox No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.
John KnoxJohn Knox
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From our community writers
Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
Sarah ShawkatSarah Shawkat
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More on majority
The great majority of women are more intelligent, better educated, and far more moral than multitudes of men whose right to vote no man questions.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher No settlement with the majority community is possible, as no Hindu leader speaking with any authority shows any concern or genuine desire for it.
Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse – as a luxury befitting a young man.
StendhalStendhal We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson
