"Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with…" — John Knox
"Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God."
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32 Quotes by John Knox
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No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods…
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I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
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I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again.…
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To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to…
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As touching nature I am a worm of this earth, and yet a subject of this commonwealth; but as touching…
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Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have…
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As the world is weary of me so am I of it.
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But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is…
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The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were superfluous, were it not that the world is…
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Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither…
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Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth…
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More Earnest Quotes
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one of 332 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their…
— Walter Bagehot
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Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your…
— Dave Barry
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It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
— Chuck Berry
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The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.
— Kim Cattrall
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That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my…
— Charlie Chaplin
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Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
— Winston Churchill
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Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then…
— Jean Anouilh
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There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous,…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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Lord of the springtime, Father of flower, field and fruit, smile on us in these earnest days when the work…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as…
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found…
— John Lancaster Spalding
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Methinks every true Christian should be exceedingly earnest in prayer concerning the souls of the ungodly; and when they are…
— Charles Spurgeon
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