There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing. And… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
You can't go to church without praying ten or fifteen times for God to have mercy on you. You can't sing "Amazing… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
'Liar' is just as ugly a word as 'thief,' because it implies the presence of just as ugly a sin in one… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When we are ready, [Jesus Christ's] pure love instantly moves across time and space, reaches down, and pulls us up from the… — John H. Groberg Copy Share Image
Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all… — John Knox Copy Share Image
When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life. That she had… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Now that system has weakened to the point he and his worst disciples are able to be free. He wants total mayhem… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“No, I thought, growing more rebellious, life has its own laws and it is for me to defend myself against whatever comes… — L.P. Hartley Copy Share Image
“I allow that it is easier to touch the body of a saint, or to be magnetised, than to restrain our appetites… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
A multitude of souls fall into the depths of Hell, and it is of the faith that all who die in mortal… — Anthony Mary Claret Copy Share Image
Sin is one thing but instinctive reaction or passion is another. These are our reactions: pride, anger, sexual indulgence, hate, greed, and… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
He liked cheap women, fast cars, late nights, and hard liquor, especially all together. In Jack's view, you are obliged to sin… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
There is no enemy can hurt us but by our own hands. Satan could not hurt us, if our own corruption betrayed… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
To one who has led a virtuous life, to sin is the easiest thing in the world. No experience of unpleasant consequences… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
To raise children you must have love and a wholesome understanding, and that is why a parent should pray fervently for their… — Esther Smith Copy Share Image
The word patriotism, or its equivalents and derivations, is upon everyone's lips at the present time. It is a magic word which… — Ernest Belfort Bax Copy Share Image
“Whence then come my errors? They come from the sole fact that since the will is much wider in its range and… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
It was in His flesh that Christ walked among us and it is His flesh that He has given us to eat… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I have, by God’s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God’s mercy, which does… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
I will buy you back with My blood because I love you. I will free you from the chains of sin. I… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“A skeptical man with a credo, 'Seeing is believing'. One day he found something so alien and said, 'I can't believe what… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
Life is a school, a place for us to learn and grow. We, like Adam and Eve, experience 'growing pains' through the… — Bruce C. Hafen Copy Share Image
If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must… — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
The reinvention of American culture as purely the self catapulted Las Vegas to prominence. The city took sin and made it choice… — Hal Rothman Copy Share Image
We can tell much by what we have already willing discarded along the pathway of discipleship. It is the only pathway where… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
UG staff is patching up wargs, and all surviving Guardians are tied up," Wraith said, "But they could probably use some medical… — Larissa Ione Copy Share Image
The Savior's suffering in Gethsemane and His agony on the cross redeem us from sin by satisfying the demands that justice has… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. Mk. 13:31-32). If we ask… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Reproof is unavoidable. God’s Word demands it when a brother falls into open sin. The practice of discipline in the congregation begins… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Because salvation is by grace through faith, I believe that among the countless number of people standing in front of the throne… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
When we talk about sin, we need to understand what sin is. Sin is not God says 'you can't do this' because… — Lacey Mosley Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, too, when their spiritual masters, such as confessors and superiors, do not approve of their spirit and behavior (for they are… — Juan de la Cruz Copy Share Image
You do not really care for God's mercy or His comfort either, so long as you live in any sin. And it… — Alexander Whyte Copy Share Image
“[M]an cannot be wicked without being evil, nor evil without being degraded, nor degraded without being punished, nor punished without being guilty.… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
No, I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The greatness of prayer is nothing but an extension of the greatness and glory of God in our lives To fail to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
And though it be their sin and vanity that is the cause [of lust], it is nevertheless your sin to be the… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
I came to set fire to the earth. And I am watchful that the fire grow. May the fire of love grow… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
![“When we are ready, [Jesus Christ's] pure love instantly moves across time and space, reaches down, and pulls us up from the depths of any tumultuous sea of darkness, sin, sorrow, death, or despair we may find ourselves in and brings us into the light and life and love of eternity.” quote by John H. Groberg](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/968/john-h-groberg-23047_and-love_when-we-are-ready-jesus-christ-s-pure-lo_1166244.png)
![“[M]an cannot be wicked without being evil, nor evil without being degraded, nor degraded without being punished, nor punished without being guilty. In short … there is nothing so intrinsically plausible as the theory of original sin.” quote by Joseph de Maistre](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5b8/joseph-de-maistre-11359_evil_m-an-cannot-be-wicked-without-being-evil_958862.jpg)
![“And though it be their sin and vanity that is the cause [of lust], it is nevertheless your sin to be the unnecessary occasion…You must not lay a stumbling-block in their way, nor blow up the fire of their lust…You must walk among sinful persons as you would do with a candle among straw or…” quote by Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/821/richard-baxter-2985_block_and-though-it-be-their-sin-and-vanity-th_891803.png)
