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Martin Luther Quotes - Page 19

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A lie is like a snow-ball; the longer it is rolled, the larger it is.

A lie is like a snow-ball; the longer it is rolled, the larger it is.

Lying, Snow, Balls

God's mark is on everything that obeys Him.

Mark

For they who think they make an end of temptation by yeilding to it, only set themselves on fire the more.

Thinking, Fire, Temptation

Martin Luther (2015). “A Treatise on Good Works”, p.85, Sheba Blake Publishing

Thoughts are not subject to duty.

Duty, Subjects

Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam had seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.

Children, Grief, Believe

Stubbornness should have been my middle name.

Should Have, Names, Stubbornness

I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through the day.

Prayer, Three, Each Day

The two chief things are faith and love. Faith receives the good; love gives the good. Faith offers us God as our own; love gives us to our neighbor as his own.

Faith, Good Love, Two

I must remain a child and pupil of the Catechism, and am glad so to remain.

Children, Pupils, Catechism

Martin Luther (2012). “The Large Cathechism of Martin Luther”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

Reason should be destroyed in all Christians.

Christian, Religion, Atheism

We are nothing with all our gifts be they ever so great, except God assist us.

I put the Scriptures above all the sayings of the fathers, angels, men and devils. Here I take my stand.

Father, Angel, Men

All we who believe on Christ are kings and priests in Christ.

Kings, Believe, Christ

Martin Luther (2014). “Concerning Christian Liberty”, p.27, Trajectory Inc

Scripture is the manger in which we find the Christ child.

Bible, Christian, Children

No greater mischief can happen to a Christian people, than to have God's word taken from them, or falsified, so that they no longer have it pure and clear. God grant we and our descendants be not witness to such a calamity.

Christian, Taken, People

Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.6

God is a blank sheet upon which nothing is found but what you yourself have written.

God, Found, Sheets

Jews and papists are ungodly wretches; they are two stockings made of one piece of cloth.

Two, Pieces, One Piece

Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.133

I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one.

Prayer, Two, Today

For God does not want to save us by our own but by an extraneous righteousness, one that does not originate in ourselves but comes to us from beyond ourselves, which does not arise on earth but comes from heaven.

Faith, Heaven, Doe

Martin Luther (1961). “Lectures on Romans”, p.4, Westminster John Knox Press

Although the Christian is thus free from all works, he ought in this liberty to empty himself, take upon himself the form of a servant, be made in the likeness of men, be found in human form, and to serve, help and in every way deal with his neighbor as he sees that God through Christ has dealt and still deals with him.

Christian, Men, Liberty

Martin Luther (2011). “Martin Luther: Selections From His Writing”, p.75, Anchor

We should die relying on grace alone

Grace, Christianity, Should

Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”, Concordia

That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man's true character, make him drunk.

Character, Men, People

Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.293

Godly people are waiting for the Lord; therefore they live, therefore they are saved, therefore they receive what has been promised.

Godly, People, Waiting

Martin Luther (1974). “Luther's Works: Lectures on the Minor Prophets II, Jonah and Habakkuk”, Concordia Pub House

If obedience is not rendered in the homes, we shall never have a whole city, country, principality, or kingdom well governed. For this order in the homes is the first rule; it is the source of all other rule and government.

Country, Home, Government

Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”, Concordia Publishing House

Let us keep to Christ, and cling to Him, and hang on Him, so that no power can remove us.

Christ, Remove

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