"Those who have arrived at any very eminent……" — John Knox
"Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a species of enthusiasm in their pursuit of it. They have kept one object in view amidst all the vicissitudes of time and torture."
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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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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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I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.
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By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole,…
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[T]he most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold…
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It wasn't a potential atonement actuated by the sinner, it was an actual atonement initiated by the savior.
— John F. MacArthur
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A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet,…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by…
— Bertrand Russell
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That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our…
— Joseph Warren
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A man must be completely wanting in intelligence if he does not show it when actuated by love, malice, or…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so…
— Siegfried Sassoon
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The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power
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