--- title: "10 Subjects Quotes By Martin Luther" description: "10 Subjects quotes by Martin Luther. Plus more from Martin Luther and more Subjects sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/martin-luther-106_duty_thoughts-are-not-subject-to-duty-446110_446110.jpg" --- > [Thoughts are not subject to duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/thoughts-are-not-subject-to-duty/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/martin-luther-106_duty_thoughts-are-not-subject-to-duty-446110_446110.jpg) > [An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/an-earthly-kingdom-cannot-exist-without-inequality-of-persons-some/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/martin-luther-106_equality_an-earthly-kingdom-cannot-exist-without_2992443.jpg) > [A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/a-christian-is-a-perfectly-free-lord-of-all-subject-to-none-a/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/martin-luther-106_4th-of-july_a-christian-is-a-perfectly-free-lord-of_548547.jpg) > [Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/martin-luther-106_burden_our-office-subjects-us-to-great-burdens_22021.jpg) > [Daily there have to be many troubles and trials in every house, city, and country. No station in life is free of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/daily-there-have-to-be-many-troubles-and-trials-in-every-house-city/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/martin-luther-106_adversity_daily-there-have-to-be-many-troubles-and_1591310.jpg) > [But the Jews are so hardened that they listen to nothing; though overcome by testimonies they yield not an inch. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/but-the-jews-are-so-hardened-that-they-listen-to-nothing-though/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/martin-luther-106_giving_but-the-jews-are-so-hardened-that-they-l_2676417.jpg) > [ \[It is\] essentially wholesome and necessary, for a Christian to know, whether or not the will does any thing in those things… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-essentially-wholesome-and-necessary-for-a-christian-to-know/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/martin-luther-106_christian_it-is-essentially-wholesome-and-necessar_1006598.jpg) > [It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-not-necessary-for-a-preacher-to-express-all-his-thoughts-in-one/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/martin-luther-106_chiefs_it-is-not-necessary-for-a-preacher-to-ex_2131680.jpg) > [Hereby we may understand that God, of His special grace, maketh the teachers of the gospel subject to the Cross, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/hereby-we-may-understand-that-god-of-his-special-grace-maketh-the/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/martin-luther-106_all-kinds_hereby-we-may-understand-that-god-of-his_1650867.jpg) > [It is the duty of a prudent minister of God to hold his ministry in honor and to see to it that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-the-duty-of-a-prudent-minister-of-god-to-hold-his-ministry-in/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/martin-luther-106_abuse_it-is-the-duty-of-a-prudent-minister-of_3064882.jpg) ## Other authors on Subjects ## 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/subjects/martin-luther/#itemlist", "name": "10 Subjects Quotes By Martin Luther", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thoughts are not subject to duty.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/thoughts-are-not-subject-to-duty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/martin-luther-106_duty_thoughts-are-not-subject-to-duty-446110_446110.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/martin-luther-106_duty_thoughts-are-not-subject-to-duty-446110_446110.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/martin-luther-106_duty_thoughts-are-not-subject-to-duty-446110_446110.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thoughts are not subject to duty.” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. 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