“But yet I say, that the doctrine of God’s eternal predestination is so necessary to the church of God, that, without the same, can faith neither be truly taught, neither surely established; man can never be brought to true humility and knowledge of himself; neither yet can he be ravished in admirati…”— John Knox, amazon.com
“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.”— John Knox, goodreads.com
“The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were superfluous, were it not that the world is almost now come to that blindness, that whatsoever pleases not the princes and the multitude, the same is rejected as doctrine newly forged, and is condemned for heresy.”— John Knox, goodreads.com
“I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend”— Adam Savage, techland.time.com
“It isn't my belief in God that gives me strength. It's God's belief in me.”— Jordan Bach, twitter.com
“God is the strength in which you trust. God is the love in which you forgive.”— Jordan Bach, twitter.com
“Oh, Lord! You've been with me in six troubles, don't desert me in the seventh!”— Harriet Tubman, en.wikiquote.org
“God’s time is always near. He set the North Star in the heavens; He gave me the strength in my limbs; He meant I should be free.”— Harriet Tubman, harriet-tubman.org
“..and I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since.”— Harriet Tubman, harriet-tubman.org
“I said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through.”— Harriet Tubman, harriet-tubman.org
“I have said this before, and I will say it again: All things work for good to those who love God.”— Miriam Defensor Santiago, twitter.com
“God sent his only son on a suicide mission, but people like him because he made trees.”— Aaron Sorkin, imdb.com
“They may ask why nature or God created such horrible conditions as autism, manic depression, and schizophrenia. However, if the genes that caused these conditions were eliminated there might be a terrible price to pay.”— Temple Grandin, en.wikiquote.org
“...He perhaps requires of you precisely this existential anxiety in order to begin. Precisely these days of transition are perhaps the period when everything in you is working on him, just as before, as a child you worked on him with bated breath. Be patient and even-tempered and remember that the l…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“Don't you see how everything that happens is always a beginning again, and could be it not be His beginning, given that beginnings are in themselves always so beautiful?”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com