Quotes from John Knox

I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again. But ignite me or not, in his grace, in his power, I will hold the ground.

Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord's name by him, offend God.

But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason.

I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.

Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.

A man with God is always in the majority.

When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.

Study to practice in life that which the Lord commands, and then be you assured that you shall never hear nor read the same without fruit.

I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.

Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.

Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all estates, I am compelled to thunder out the threatenings of God against the obstinate rebels.

To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature; contumely to God, a thing most contrary to his revealed will and approved ordinance; and finally, it is the subversion of good order, of all equity and justice.