Prophet Quotes

I am not a prophet.

– Jose Saramago

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his own house.

– The Bible

Matthew 13:57

I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.

– The Bible

Jeremiah 1:5

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

– Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.

– L. Sprague de Camp

What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?
If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces.
Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

– The Bible

Matthew 11:7-9

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