--- title: "9 Dear Quotes By Martin Luther" description: "9 Dear quotes by Martin Luther. Plus more from Martin Luther and more Dear sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/martin-luther-106_aging_it-is-pleasing-to-the-dear-god-whenever_517973.jpg" --- > [It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-pleasing-to-the-dear-god-whenever-thou-rejoicest-or-laughest/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/martin-luther-106_aging_it-is-pleasing-to-the-dear-god-whenever_517973.jpg) > [The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-heart-of-the-giver-makes-the-gift-dear-and-precious/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/martin-luther-106_dear_the-heart-of-the-giver-makes-the-gift-de_929317.jpg) > [Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/thus-dear-friends-i-have-said-it-clearly-enough-and-i-believe-you/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/martin-luther-106_believe_thus-dear-friends-i-have-said-it-clearly_2939705.jpg) > [from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/from-you-my-dear-erasmus-let-me-obtain-this-request-that-just-as-i/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/martin-luther-106_bears_from-you-my-dear-erasmus-let-me-obtain-t_1775313.jpg) > [At the last, when we die, we have the dear angels for our escort on the way. They who can grasp the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/at-the-last-when-we-die-we-have-the-dear-angels-for-our-escort-on-the/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/martin-luther-106_angel_at-the-last-when-we-die-we-have-the-dear_2851931.jpg) > [God's love gives in such a way that it flows from a Father's heart, the well-spring of all good. The heart of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-s-love-gives-in-such-a-way-that-it-flows-from-a-father-s-heart/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/martin-luther-106_dear_god-s-love-gives-in-such-a-way-that-it-f_2971098.jpg) > [My dear pope, I will kiss your feet and acknowledge you as supreme bishop if you will worship my Christ and grant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/my-dear-pope-i-will-kiss-your-feet-and-acknowledge-you-as-supreme/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/martin-luther-106_acknowledge_my-dear-pope-i-will-kiss-your-feet-and-a_1318993.jpg) > [Dear rulers ... I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/dear-rulers-i-maintain-that-the-civil-authorities-are-under/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/martin-luther-106_authority_dear-rulers-i-maintain-that-the-civil-au_1338665.jpg) > [Whoever would like to cherish such adders and puny devils - who are the worst enemies of Christ and us all -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/whoever-would-like-to-cherish-such-adders-and-puny-devils-who-are-the/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/martin-luther-106_able_whoever-would-like-to-cherish-such-adder_275870.jpg) ## Other authors on Dear ## More by Martin Luther > [“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-was-easy-for-you-to-say-these-things-since-you-either-knew-you/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/in-a-delightful-garden-sowing-planting-or-digging-are-not-hardship/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-you-could-understand-a-single-grain-of-wheat-you-would-die-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/he-who-believes-in-god-is-not-careful-for-the-morrow-but-labors/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-made-man-out-of-nothing-and-as-long-as-we-are-nothing-he-can-make/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“But the truth will win out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/but-the-truth-will-win-out/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-wants-us-to-pray-and-he-wants-to-hear-our-prayers-not-because-we/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-office-subjects-us-to-great-burdens-and-labors-dangers-and/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-faith-in-christ-does-not-free-us-from-works-but-from-false/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-works-of-the-righteous-would-be-mortal-sins-if-they-would-not-be/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/do-not-suppose-that-abuses-are-eliminated-by-destroying-the-object/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/for-we-maintain-that-a-man-is-justified-by-faith-apart-from-observing/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/there-are-only-two-days-on-my-calendar-today-and-the-day-of-judgment/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [ Antichrist is the pope and the Turk \[Muslim\] together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/antichrist-is-the-pope-and-the-turk-muslim-together-a-beast-full-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-not-the-imitation-that-makes-sons-it-is-sonship-that-makes/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dear/martin-luther/#itemlist", "name": "9 Dear Quotes By Martin Luther", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": 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I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school. ... If the government can compel such citizens as are fit for military service to bear spear and rifle, to mount ramparts, and perform other martial duties in time of war, how much more has it a right to compel the people to send their children to school, because in this case we are warring with the devil, whose object it is secretly to exhaust our cities and principalities of their strong men.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/dear-rulers-i-maintain-that-the-civil-authorities-are-under/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/martin-luther-106_authority_dear-rulers-i-maintain-that-the-civil-au_1338665.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/martin-luther-106_authority_dear-rulers-i-maintain-that-the-civil-au_1338665.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/martin-luther-106_authority_dear-rulers-i-maintain-that-the-civil-au_1338665.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dear rulers ... 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