John Knox

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

“As the world is weary of me, so am I of it.”

“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 threatening of God against the obstinate rebels.”

“A man with God is always in the majority.”

“Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.”

“The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were foolish, to take away anything were wicked.”

“I will not counsel you nor you me, but I will ask you to be as a mirror to me, that I may see my own face.”

“Conscience is a tender thing, and a wounded conscience is a sorrowful thing.”

“Give me Scotland, or I die!”

“I seek neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor is that Jesus Christ reign.”

“Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.”