“In short, I was constantly receiving some fresh mortification, so that I hardly passed a day in quiet.” — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
... many a heart is caught in the rebound ... Pride may be soothed by the ready devotion of another; vanity may… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Without a sincere and diligent effort in every area of obedience, there will be no sucessful mortification of any one besetting sin. — John Owen Copy Share Image
The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident. — John Owen Copy Share Image
Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification,… — Raoul Vaneigem Copy Share Image
Mortification of the flesh has been held all the world over as a condition of spiritual progress. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone; but as sin is never less quiet than when it seems to… — John Owen Copy Share Image
... mortification is basic to the act of photographing. The person is mobile, ... then I freeze one moment in his movement,… — August Sander Copy Share Image
“I felt my mouth go dry, my throat constrict. What possible interpretation could Peter place on those words, other than that they… — Jennifer Paynter Copy Share Image
If I refuse to allow my leg to be amputated, its mortification and my death may prove that I was wrong; but… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Sanctification has a double aspect. Its positive side is vivification, the growing and maturing of the new man; its negative side is… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
“Mortification is made up of small conquests, such as smiling at those who annoy us, denying the body some superfluous fancy, getting… — Francis Fernandez Copy Share Image
Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. The nature of parents is to embarrass merely by existing, just… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
We have very little, so we have nothing to be preoccupied with. The more you have, the more you are occupied, the… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“A man may beat down the bitter fruit from an evil tree until he is weary; while the root abides in strength… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Not to be daily employing the Spirit and new nature for the mortifying of sin is to neglect that excellent succor which… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Sin also carries on its war by entangling the affections and drawing them into an alliance against the mind. Grace may be… — John Owen Copy Share Image
To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give... You will find that people forget the… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Have I mentioned that I expect death around every turn, that every blue sky has a safe sailing out of it, that… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
We launch our souls from the cannons of art and discipline, and on any one night, hovering over the chimney tops of… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Whoever the kid had been, whoever had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the admonishment of parents, teachers, governments, religions, and the… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain. — John Owen Copy Share Image
He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Not to be daily mortifying sin, is to sin against the goodness, kindness, wisdom, grace, and love of God, who hath furnished… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The good Lord send out a spirit of mortification to cure our distempers, or we are in a sad condition! — John Owen Copy Share Image
“the intellect is of no use unless it's disciplined by the mortification of the flesh, so that it may serve the soul.” — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Now nothing can prevent this but mortification; that withers the root and strikes at the head of sin every hour, so that… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The perfection of a Christian consists in mortifying his will for the love of Christ. Where there is no great mortification, there… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
Hatred of sin as sin, not only as galling or disquieting, a sense of the love of Christ in the cross, lie… — John Owen Copy Share Image
If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
“In measured doses, mortification cleanses the soul. It's the perfect antidote for excessive self-regard.” — Andrew J. Bacevich Copy Share Image
Marriage is a tyranny, a mortification of man's natural instincts. Man needs a multiplicity of relationships. — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody, such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
[A persons] utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's productions, either for beauty or value. — David Hume Copy Share Image
“a sense of the love of Christ in the cross; lie at the bottom of all true spiritual mortification” — John Owen Copy Share Image
The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have the more free you… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the… — John Owen Copy Share Image
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