John Calvin on action
John Calvin92 quotes“God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.”
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
John CalvinJohn Calvin True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
John CalvinJohn Calvin There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it.. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
John CalvinJohn Calvin The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
John CalvinJohn Calvin God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
John CalvinJohn Calvin Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.
John CalvinJohn Calvin There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
John CalvinJohn Calvin You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
John CalvinJohn Calvin In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
John CalvinJohn Calvin
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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
ConfuciusConfucius We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
Barack ObamaBarack Obama I’m a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
Mae WestMae West As I look at our world Today, I am deeply impelled to Action. The “call” has spoken to me and I will humbly, gratefully and aggressively respond.
Will SmithWill Smith There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
PlatoPlato It was my teacher’s genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful.
Helen KellerHelen Keller When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks
