Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. For when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success

— John Calvin

Men in prayer give greater license to their unlawful desires than if they were telling jocular tales among their equals.

— John Calvin

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 keeper us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.

— John Calvin

No one can travel so far that he does not make some process each day. So let us never give up. Then we shall move forward daily in the Lord's way. And let us never despair because of our limited success. Even though it is so much less than we would like, our labor is not wasted when today is better than yesterday!

— John Calvin

Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.

— John Calvin

Prayers will never reach God unless they are founded on free mercy.

— John Calvin

Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

— John Calvin

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.

— John Calvin

The answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature.

— John Calvin

The cross of Christ only triumphs in the breast of believers over the devil and the flesh, sin and sinners, when their eyes are directed to the power of His Resurrection.

— John Calvin