Quotes about Inspiration
Amidst your Ardor for Greek and Latin I hope you will not forget your mother Tongue. Read Somewhat in the English Poets every day. . . . You will never be alone, with a Poet in your Poket. You will never have an idle Hour.
— John Adams
What thing is so pleasant, and what so profitable, as to talk of the things of God?
— John Bunyan
A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him.
— John Maxwell
A leader who produces other leaders multiples their influences.
— John Maxwell
Christ is known rightly nowhere but in Scripture.
— John Calvin
The Institutes is not only the classic of Christian theology; it is also a model of Christian devotion.
— John Calvin
Augustine is so wholly with me, that if I wished to write a confession of my faith, I could do so with all fullness and satisfaction to myself out of his writings.
— John Calvin
the Bible was to him the vehicle of God's power first, and secondly of our knowledge of Him.
— John Calvin
Faith needs to be bound directly to the Word of God; for, according to Paul, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). And
— John Calvin
If I were inclined to compile a whole volume from Augustine, I could easily show my readers, that I need no words but his.
— John Calvin
By piety I mean that union of reverence and love to God which the knowledge of his benefits inspires.
— John Calvin
As far as pertains to those secret promptings we are discussing, Solomon's statement that the heart of a king is turned about hither and thither at God's pleasure [Prov. 21:1] certainly extends to all the human race, and carries as much weight as if he had said: "Whatever we conceive of in our minds is directed to his own end by God's secret inspiration."
— John Calvin