Quotes about Sovereign
Jesus is not some puny religious teacher begging for an invitation from anyone. He is the all-sovereign Lord who deserves submission from everyone.
- David Platt
The characteristic of a true sovereign is, to acknowledge that, in the administration of his kingdom, he is a minister of God. He who does not make his reign subservient to the divine glory, acts the part not of a king, but a robber.
- John Calvin
Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.
- James Madison
Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a federal, and not a national constitution.
- Alexander Hamilton
we know that our Sovereign is "Long suffering, and easy to be entreated;" more ready to grant, than we to ask, forgiveness.
- William Wilberforce
When we follow Jesus' example and pray like this, one of the things we are asking is that God's sovereign rule might increasingly be established in our hearts and lives.
- Alistair Begg
And now, in your current circumstances, do you remain loyal to our former sovereign?" "I am alone, monsieur. My loyalty is to Christ, into whose hands I commit my life.
- Allison Pittman
Self-reverence self-knowledge self-control - these three alone lead to sovereign power.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
The people are the government, administering it by their agents they are the government, the sovereign power.
- Andrew Jackson
These men were not selected by a jury of fellow artists, but appointed by the sovereign and electing choice of God.
- Philip Graham Ryken
Thomas Brooks defines providence this way: "It is the unceasing activity of the sovereign Creator whereby, he upholds His creatures in orderly existence, guides and governs all events, circumstances and free acts of men and angels, no matter how great or trivial. All of this is done to accomplish one great design: to give glory to Himself.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same. [...] Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only and sovereign agent.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson