Holiness Quotes

Without holiness you cannot talk of God.

— Nirmala Srivastava

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

— E. M. Forster

Laughter is carbonated holiness.

— Anne Lamott

Holiness is doing Godís will with a smile

— Mother Teresa

“Holiness on earth is a spiritual fantasy.”

— Toba Beta

Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.

— Frederick William Faber

Spend some time alone every day.

— Dalai Lama

“To choose holiness is to reject sin.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable, sweetheart, it's a requirement.

— Mother Angelica

The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God.

— Anonymous

“The leaf that spreads in the sunlight is the only holiness there is.”

— Kage Baker

He only can truly pray who is all aglow for holiness, for God, and for heaven.

— Edward McKendree Bounds

Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption

— Kevin DeYoung

God's commandments not only reflect His holiness, they promote our happiness.

— Max Anders

My people's greatest need is my personal holiness

— Robert Murray M'Cheyne

Only when we understand the holiness of God will we understand the depth of our sin.

— Billy Graham

Our progress in holiness exactly corresponds to our progress in the spirit of prayer: he who prays well lives well.

— Saint Augustine

All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter…

— Saint Francis de Sales

If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If…

— Charles Spurgeon

Whatever call a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called…

— Charles Spurgeon

Certainly there are spots which inevitably attach to themselves an atmosphere of holiness and goodness; it might not then be too fanciful…

— Shirley Jackson

Holiness is reflected in our outward actions. But it's not determined by our outward actions.

— John Hagee

Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end…

— Charles Simeon

“But that is all prayer requires: faith, hope, and love. Great holiness, or piety, or sanctity are not required. Prayer is a…

— Peter Kreeft

“Every being, created by God and unspoiled by man, is perfect, strictly defined and autonomous, entirely complete and at the same time…

— Danail Hristov

For God to be holy does not just mean He is without error. It means He is without equal. May it not…

— David Platt

Holiness is not reserved for a small number of exceptional persons. It is for everyone. It is the Lord who brings us…

— Pope John Paul II

“When you reflect upon what I tell you in the depths of your heart, you profit more than if you had read…

— Maria Faustina Kowalska

“God is not a God of confusion, although at times one's judgment, for a period, may become clouded in the mi(d)st of…

— Criss Jami

It's dangerous to assume that because a man is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man.…

— R. C. Sproul

“Stand by; for I am holier than you!" What a parody on holiness! Jesus the Holy One is the humble One: the…

— Andrew Murray

Holiness provokes hatred. The greater the holiness, the greater the human hostility toward it. It seems insane. No man was ever more…

— Anonymous

Holiness is neither that passionate love of the beginning, nor the tormenting anxiety of the long waits and of the moonlight walks,…

— Sorin Cerin

“This is the secret of holiness: to be led by the Holy Spirit in all things. Seek the guidance of the Holy…

— Anonymous

“Indicating his twisted legs without a trace of self-pity or bitterness, as if they belonged to all of us, he casts his…

— Peter Matthiessen

Not simply the righteousness of our Saviour, not simply the beauty of His holiness or the graces of His character, are we…

— Adoniram Judson Gordon

“When you believe what God has said rather than lies, you are doing valuable work. When you choose hope over despair, your…

— Edward T. Welch

“the secret was not “asking how I am to get the sap out of the vine into myself, but remembering that Jesus…

— Marilyn Wilson

“[T]he elements of holiness in us are these, each corresponding to some special aspect of God’s holiness: deep Restfulness (ch. 3), humble…

— Andrew Murray

Preachers are not sermon makers, but men makers and saint makers, and he only is well-trained for this business who has made…

— Edward McKendree Bounds