Men Quotes by John Calvin

Men are idol factories.

— John Calvin

All men were created to busy themselves with the labor for the common good.

— John Calvin

There can be no courage in men unless God supports them by his Word.

— John Calvin

The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.

— John Calvin

Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.

— John Calvin

The true wisdom of man consists in the knowledge of God the creator and Redeemer.

— John Calvin

While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

— John Calvin

Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits.

— John Calvin

No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.

— John Calvin

The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind…

— John Calvin

If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding…

— John Calvin

Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.

— John Calvin

Unless God's Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but…

— John Calvin

men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated…

— John Calvin

It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come…

— John Calvin

If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house, then in a field,...it ought surely to be deemed…

— John Calvin

Unless men establish their complete happiness in God, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to him.

— John Calvin

Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since…

— John Calvin

Whensoever God's truth is defaced or when any man turns away from the pure simplicity of the Gospel, we must not in…

— John Calvin

For until men recognize that they owe everything to God, that they are nourished by His fatherly care, that He is the…

— John Calvin

Free will does not enable any man to perform good works, unless he is assisted by grace; indeed, the special grace which…

— John Calvin

Peace and friendship are an amiable thing among men. They be so indeed, and we ought to seek them to the uttermost…

— John Calvin

If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and…

— John Calvin

...a man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of…

— John Calvin

The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to…

— John Calvin

For the fetus, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and it is a monstrous crime…

— John Calvin

Were the judgments of mankind correct, custom would be regulated by the good. But it is often far otherwise in point of…

— John Calvin

For so great is the difference between just and unjust, that it is visible even in the lifeless image of it. For…

— John Calvin

It having been said above that God bends all the reprobate, and even Satan himself, at his will, three objections are started.…

— John Calvin

Let it stand, therefore, as an indubitable truth, which no engines can shake, that the mind of man is so entirely alienated…

— John Calvin

At this day . . . the earth sustains on her bosom many monster minds, minds which are not afraid to employ…

— John Calvin

As far as sacred Scripture is concerned, however much froward men try to gnaw at it, nevertheless it clearly is crammed with…

— John Calvin

God is undoubtedly ready to pardon whenever the sinner turns. Therefore, he does not will his death, in so far as he…

— John Calvin

Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.

— John Calvin

The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.

— John Calvin

A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot

— John Calvin

Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty.

— John Calvin

Distinction between virtuous and vicious actions has been engraven by the Lord in the heart of every man.

— John Calvin

Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they…

— John Calvin

To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.

— John Calvin