John Calvin Quotes

Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.

John Calvin

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• I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Up
  • Work
  • Business

• I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.

  

  Salva Kiir Mayardit
  • Swear
  • Republic
  • Sudan

• There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.

  

  Karisma Kapoor
  • Life
  • Work
  • Positive

• The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • World
  • Animal
  • Dog

• We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.

  

  Viktor Yanukovych
  • Together
  • Myself
  • Improve

• I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.

  

  Patricia Highsmith
  • House
  • Woman
  • Write

• I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Writing
  • Family
  • Myself

• I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.

  

  Valentino Garavani
  • Love
  • Everyone
  • To Love

• They tell us it will be about 'emotions' and 'friendship,' that it will be a night of joy. Who are they kidding?

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • Night
  • Joy
  • Friendship

• Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • Mindset

• At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.

  

  Benjamin Disraeli
  • World
  • Peace
  • Present

• The second someone tries to put me in a box, I will do everything to rebel against that.

  

  Charli XCX
  • Rebel

• The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations.

  

  Alva Myrdal
  • Men
  • Peace
  • Present

• Your future is still before you. Your land is a vast storehouse of mineral and agricultural wealth awaiting further development for the benefit of mankind. It potentialities are magnificent.

  

  Charles E. Wilson
  • Future

• I like that show 'Ray Donovan' - I'm obsessed with that. He's in Hollywood, he's some kind of a fixer, but he's also kind of a thug. And 'Scandal,' the D.C. one with Kerry Washington.

  

  Kim Gordon Sonic Youth
  • Thug

• There's only one way to succeed: Show up, work hard, and do everything right. Regardless of who you might be or what kind of job you may have.

  

  Om Malik
  • Up
  • Work
  • May

• That's life. Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you.

  

  Martin Goldsmith
  • Life
  • Fate

• I don't know if the '80s were unique, but we certainly got original, groundbreaking stuff at the time with movies like 'Back to the Future' and 'Star Wars' - movies that became classics.

  

  Ernest Cline
  • Movies
  • Star Wars
  • Classics

• I just wanted to be creative, so I did photography, and that led me ultimately to music.

  

  Lil Xan
  • Music
  • Creative
  • Photography

• Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.

  

  Sara Sheridan
  • Today
  • Dream
  • Responsibility

• When the devil wants to cause offense against the true doctrine and faith, he does not do so through insignificant people, who do not rate highly with the world, but through those who are the very best, the wisest, the holiest, and the most learned.

  

  Martin Luther
  • People
  • Faith
  • Learned

• Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.

  

  John Calvin
  • Faith
  • Spiritual
  • Regeneration