John Knox Quotes

The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.

I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.

Lord, give me Scotland or I die!

A man with God is always in the majority.

Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.

Let no day slip over without some comfort received from the mouth of God.

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.

I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.

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

The Monstrous Regiment of Women.

O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.

In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.

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.

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

As the world is weary of me so am I of it.

Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.

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

Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord's name by him, offend God.

I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.

Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth known.

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.

Un homme avec Dieu est toujours dans la majorite . One man with God is always a majority.

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.

Here lies one who neither flattered nor feared any flesh.

As the world is wearie of me so am I of it.