John Ruskin Quotes

I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people.

What shall befall me in the pursuance of this work, I refer to the disposal of Almighty God, whose glory is dearer to me, not only than my liberty, but than my life.

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

I gave my life for freedom--This I know; For those who bade me fight had told me so.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others.

Let me be as the bullock which stands between the plough and the altar, to work or to be sacrificed; and let my motto be, "Ready for either".

Our first responsibility is not to ourselves. Our first responsibility is to our country and to our God.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

My owner is life and that's what I fight for.

Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions.

I think of Pope Gregory the Great. He wanted the cloister. He wanted to pray and study, and yet he was thrust into this administrative job, and he submitted to that. And in that submission, he became a great leader. You could say that the only person who is safe to lead is the person who is free to submit.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.

Do good 'cause God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you're not doing it for God, really. You're doing it for yourself because that's what makes God happy.

Defender of the liberty that I idolize, myself more free than anyone, in coming as a friend to offer my services to this intriguing republic, I bring to it only my frankness and my good will; no ambition, no self-interest; in working for my glory, I work for their happiness.

I don't want people to see me - I want them to see Jesus.

We were constantly hearing it repeated, that we must never again look upon ourselves as our own; but must remember, that we were solemnly and irrevocably devoted to God.

If the leadership asks me to die a martyr, I am ready ... and if they ask me to resign, I am also ready

Woe be unto man, who ought to follow, but does not follow, these dumb quadrupeds [Elk] that are irrational and speechless, but so faithful toward one another that one lays down his life for the sake of his mate or his young one.

Blessed is that country whose soldiers fight for it and are willing to give the best they have, the best that any man has, their own lives, to preserve it, because they love it. Such an army the United States has always commanded in every crisis of its history.

I will flight for the people until my last breath.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

Obviously, with my faith, too, I don't want to seem like it's all about me, me, me. It takes away from what I do for Him, for the Lord.

I'm at my country's disposition.