John Calvin Quotes
When we know God to be our Father, should we not desire that he be known as such by all? And if we do not have this passion, that all creatures do him homage, is it not a sign that his glory means little to us?
Quotes to Explore
-
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
-
If God wants to take my left arm, that's OK, as long as I can walk and play with my kids. I'm a lot improved. I was worse than this after the accident.
-
The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.
-
We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.
-
I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign.
-
I liked the fact that my father had a lot of expectations from my brother. I probably wanted to be that person who he could be proud of.
-
I come from an acting family, my father was an actor, and I had to fight my way and just create my own identity.
-
A lot of times we see choices in front of us, and we limit ourselves by what we see. God wants us to see His way of doing things. And His way is always greater than our ways.
-
My father was a writer; I've known a lot of children of writers - daughters and sons of writers, and it can be a hard way to grow up.
-
God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time.
-
I am truly multi-racial. I never knew my biological father. I've always had less information than I would have liked to have had. All I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures.
-
Religion unites man with God, or forms a communication between them; yet do they not say, 'God is infinite?' If God be infinite, no finite being can have communication or relation with him.
-
I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'
-
The trials my father went through were things most young black males have to go through. There was nothing he shielded from me, because it doesn't matter how you grow up, those who oppress will oppress. It's all completely relatable; everyone feels NWA.
-
I still have the desire to succeed, and I've always felt success is measured by what you've done in the win column, not top 10s.
-
A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic.
-
If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
-
I like to make music because it's fun to do and it makes me feel good, but I have no desire to be a huge pop singer or anything like that. I just like to make it.
-
Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me.
-
Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?'
-
Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us.
-
I have always been a multitasker when it comes to my career; I've been an actress, a singer and everything because I love to do what I do.
-
It is a mistake to think that one limits one’s risk by spreading too much between enterprises about which one knows little and has no reason for special confidence.
-
When we know God to be our Father, should we not desire that he be known as such by all? And if we do not have this passion, that all creatures do him homage, is it not a sign that his glory means little to us?
