Martin Luther Quotes

The world does not need a definition of religion as much as it needs a demonstration

Christians are to be judged by their love, not by their knowledge

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess

This grace of God is a very great, mighty, and active thing; it reigns, it works, it leads, it drives, it compels a man to good works

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ

Forgiveness is God's command

The fewer the words, the better the prayer

My conscience is captive to the Word of God

You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.

Pray, and let God worry

Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree

Whoever believes in Christ shall have all that Christ has, and is, and shall have all that He has to give

Riches are the least worthy gifts which God can give a man

When schools flourish, all flourishes

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world

Sin boldly but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly

If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the Word

We are beggars: this is true

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die

The glory of God is found in the suffering and the cross, not in human greatness

Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved

If you want to keep Christ, you must have the church

To be a theologian, one must pray, and study, and suffer

A simple layman armed with Scripture is to be believed above a pope or a council without it

Nothing good ever comes of violence

Feelings come and feelings go, and feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God, naught else is worth believing

A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it, the bigger it becomes

There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage

This life therefore is not righteousness but growth in righteousness; not health but healing; not being but becoming; not rest but exercise.

Reason is the enemy of faith

A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one

A 'faith' that does not manifest itself in works is not faith; it is only a pretense of faith

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

No man can understand the Scriptures unless he be acquainted with the Cross

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

If you want to interpret well and confidently, set Christ before you; for He is the man to whom it all applies, every bit of it

The soul can do without everything except the Word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for

The Reformation was a fight for the conscience of every man

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor

I would rather have my soul saved with the rustics than perish with the learned

A Christless Christianity is no Christianity at all

The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God

He who loves not wine, women, and song remains a fool his whole life long

Christ took our sins and the sins of the whole world, as well as the Father's wrath, and He endured death to destroy sin and death for us

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see

I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason, I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God.

God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers

The church is the congregation of saints in which the Gospel is rightly taught and the Sacraments are rightly administered

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart

A Christian lives not in himself, but in Christ and in his neighbor. Otherwise he is not a Christian.

There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day

The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel

God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him

There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books

Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen.

The Bible is the true owner and lord of the universities

The law works fear and wrath; grace works hope and mercy

To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer

The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other. God help me. Amen.

Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God

The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying

The Word of God is the greatest, most necessary, and most important thing in Christendom

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the Word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you

The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings, but it consists in its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment and character

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars

Music is a fair and glorious gift of God

This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being, but becoming

To be proud of possessions is to forget that everything is a gift

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

God does not regard our affliction or the difficulty of our tasks, but the love with which we do them

For where Christ is not preached, there is no Holy Spirit who creates, calls, and gathers the Christian church, without which no one can come to Christ our Lord

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity; it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it

The true treasure of the church is the most holy gospel of the glory and grace of God.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime

We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave

Our works do not generate righteousness, rather our righteousness in Christ generates works

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor

The kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power

I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him

I am not permitted to let my love be so merciful as to tolerate and endure false doctrine

The Bible is not antique, or modern, it is eternal

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime

When I am angry, I can pray well and preach well, for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened and all mundane vexations and temptations depart

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals