E. V. Knox Quotes

The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.

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

Lord, give me Scotland or I die!

Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.

A man with God is always in the majority.

Let no day slip over without some comfort received from the mouth of God.

I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again. But ignite me or not, in his grace, in his power, I will hold the ground.

I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.

When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.

The Monstrous Regiment of Women.

O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.

In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.

No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

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

Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.

How good we are as preachers depends - not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily - on how good we are as men.

Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord's name by him, offend God.

I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.

Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.

Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth known.

Winning and losing are both very temporary things. Having done one or the other, you move ahead. Gloating over a victory or sulking over a loss is a good way to stand still.

study to practice in life that which the Lord commands, and then be you assured that you shall never hear nor read the same without fruit.

Un homme avec Dieu est toujours dans la majorite . One man with God is always a majority.

They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner.

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.

It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book.

The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us.

But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason.

For God's sake, take care of your men. If they fire, they die!

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

We and our allies owe and acknowledge an ever-lasting debt of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union.

I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.

Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly.

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.

Here lies one who neither flattered nor feared any flesh.

If you have a sloppy religion you get a sloppy atheism.

Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room.

Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty.

We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws.

Practice without improvement is meaningless.

That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness.

The difference between the Old and the New Testament is the difference between a man who said "There is nothing new under the sun" and a God who says "Behold, I make all things new.

You can fight a porcupine and win, but if other folks get a look at you they may think it's a bad idea to mess with porcupines.

No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.

Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious.

Don't bemoan your fate. Everybody's not going to be dealt the same hand. Everybody's going to go through tough times.