Quotes about Men
If the end of human law is the promotion of the common good among men, the divine law has for its purpose nothing less than our friendship with God.
— Scott Hahn
Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart
— John Adams
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
— John Calvin
Men in prayer give greater license to their unlawful desires than if they were telling jocular tales among their equals.
— John Calvin
It is at this point that the gospel differs most from philosophy, since it teaches that the salvation of men is through the free remission of sins.
— John Calvin
Where Christ does not reign men are wolves to men.
— John Calvin
if men are only naturally taught, instead of having any distinct, solid, or certain knowledge, they fasten only on contradictory principles, and, in consequence, worship an unknown God.
— John Calvin
In the school of Christ, men are not merely taught about justification; they are made just by what he has done for them.
— John Calvin
God (says he), who created all things very good, foreknew that evil would arise out of that good; and He also knew that His glorious and omnipotent goodness would be the more highly exalted by His producing good out of evil, than by His not permitting evil to be at all. He ordained the life of angels and of men, that He might first of all make it manifest by that life what free will could do, and then afterwards show what the blessing of His grace and the judgment of His justice could do.
— John Calvin
But Christ offered himself as a sacrifice for men's eternal redemption and he alone officiated in that priestly act.
— John Calvin
But observe, that men then revolted from God, when, having forsaken his word, they lent their ears to the falsehoods of Satan. Hence we infer, that God will be seen and adored in his word; and, therefore, that all reverence for him is shaken off when his word is despised.
— John Calvin
God established the law itself as the perpetual rule of his church, to be always in the hands of men, and to be followed by all posterity.
— John Calvin