John Foxe Quotes

Faith like Job's cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.

Life has a way of testing our anchors and tempting us to drift. Nevertheless, if our anchors are correctly placed in the rock of our Redeemer, they will hold—no matter the force of the wind, the strength of the tide, or the height of the waves.

It is poor faith that needs fair weather for standing firm. That alone is true faith that stands the foulest weather.

To conquer [our enemies] we must dare, and dare again, and dare for ever; and thus will France be saved

Paul welcomed hearbreak, disillusionment and tribulation for only one reason - - these things kept him immovable in his devotion to the gospel of God.

There is no other course but the one we have chosen, except the course of humiliation and darkness, after which there will be no bright sign in the sky or brilliant light on earth? All this will make us more patient and steadfast, and better prepared for the battle which God blesses and which good men support. Then there will only be a glorious conclusion, where a brilliant sun will clear the dust of battle, and where the clouds of battles will be dispelled.

Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?

Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.

Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche

We can hold to the iron rod even if others slip away and a few end up mocking us from "the great and spacious building."

While we sometimes feel and have felt in days that are past and gone, to complain because we meet with oppression, persecution, and affliction, yet I wish to say to my brethren and sisters that these things are the heritage of the Saints of God. … I have never read of the people of God in any dispensation passing through life, as the sectarian world would say, on flowery beds of ease, without opposition of any kind.

You may go through difficulty, hardship, or trial—but as long as you are anchored to Him, you will have hope.

Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.

Indeed one's faith in one's plans and methods is truly tested when the horizon before one is the blackest.

I have before me God's Word which cannot fail, nor can the gates of hell prevail against it; thereby will I remain, though the whole world be against me.

No matter what others say or do, even if the wicked succeed, do not be troubled: commit everything to God and put your trust in him.

Sometimes life is a series of obstacles, a matter of putting one foot in front of the other. Sometimes, she realizes suddenly, it is simply a matter of blind faith.

Faith is not a delicate flower which would wither away under the slightest stormy weather.

There is nothing which so certifies the genuineness of a man's faith as his patience and his patient endurance, his keeping on steadily in spite of everything.

Real faith is when you believe in something that you can't see. When things are going really bad and you can still get up and say I believe that they're gonna get better, that there's a higher lesson to what I'm going through. It can be hard sometimes, and to turn it around like that, that's true faith.

Giving thanks is that: making the canyon of pain into a megaphone to proclaim the ultimate goodness of God when Satan and all the world would sneer at us to recant.

Cover this confirmation process with prayer. When they make it harder for us to pray, we just pray harder.

I love the idea of someone getting knocked down repeatedly, but they still believe in love.

Don't let the disbelievers think they can escape. They are your enemy and the enemy of Allah.