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When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.

John Knox

How good we are as preachers depends – not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily – on how good we are as men.
JOHN KNOX

Goodness Men Mistake
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 KNOX

Arrival Enthusiasm Excellence Object Practice Profession Pursuit Time Torture
I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again. But ignite me or not, in his grace, in his power, I will hold the ground.
JOHN KNOX

God Grace Ground Ignite Myself Power
I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.
JOHN KNOX

Myself Praise Woman
The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.
JOHN KNOX

Foundation God Important Scripture Weight
I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
JOHN KNOX

Devil Fear Myself Tremble
Study to practice in life that which the Lord commands, and then be you assured that you shall never hear nor read the same without fruit.
JOHN KNOX

Command Fruit Life Practice Reading
Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all estates, I am compelled to thunder out the threatenings of God against the obstinate rebels.
JOHN KNOX

Image Manifestation Presence Rebel Sin
As the world is weary of me so am I of it.
JOHN KNOX

Myself World
Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.
JOHN KNOX

God Prayer Talk
A man with God is always in the majority.
JOHN KNOX

God Majority Man
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 KNOX

Assurance Civil Law Person Statue Treason
Here lies one who neither flattered nor feared any flesh.
JOHN KNOX

Fear Lying Oneself
I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.
JOHN KNOX

Glory God Myself Rich
Lord, give me Scotland or I die!
JOHN KNOX

Country Death Myself
When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.
JOHN KNOX

Goodness Greatness Influence Life Myself Thinking

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