Abraham Kuyper Quotes

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences.

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

So I would say God hates war, but God loves every soldier.

Arms once taken up should never be laid down, but upon one of three conditions—a safe peace, a complete victory, or an honorable death.

Holding true to what you believe - even in a big city - is so important.

Obedience brings peace in decision making. If we have firmly made up our minds to follow the commandments, we will not have to redecide which path to take when temptation comes our way.

Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.

If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.

There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.

You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the country is concerned I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the war end.

I have seen lonely people of advancing age, yet as constant as angels, keeping faith to those they loved who fell in wars that current generations, not having known them, cannot even forget. The sight of them moving hesitantly among the tablets and crosses is enough to break your heart.

The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.

You have to do what you believe in.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

The chief incalculable in war is the human will.

I'm glad I never went to war.

You have to do what is real and what is right and what is good and what you believe in. It doesn't mean it's always going to work. It doesn't. But when it does, it is truthful and forever.

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

Surviving is the only glory in war.

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.

Those prepared to die for the truth, as a rule make many others die with them, often before them, and at times instead of them.

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.