"In forming an estimate of sins, we are……" — John Calvin
"In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are."
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237 Quotes by John Calvin
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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is…
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make…
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However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.
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Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own…
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God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the…
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
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No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is…
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Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in…
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Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to…
— John Bolton
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
— Samuel Johnson
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The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves…
— John Playfair
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Courage is rarely reckless or foolish... courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.
— Margaret Truman Daniel
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The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to…
— Blaise Pascal
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among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls…
— Sun Tzu
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These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training;…
— Sun Tzu
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A man tends to over-estimate what he can do in one year...and under-estimate what he can do in five.
— Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom
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The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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I do not believe that one can earnestly seek and find the priceless treasure of God's call without a devout…
— Ravi Zacharias
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