In order for good to blossom it must be cultivated and exercised by constant practice, and to be truly righteous there is… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our whole world is entrenched in sin. There in the quiet of our hearts a woman is calling us, each one of… — Jim Caviezel Copy Share Image
It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“Every time someone reaches out to you, even if it's to point out your sin and they seem to be judging you,… — J.E.B. Spredemann Copy Share Image
I like a tranquil, even-keeled, self-controlled God. A God who doesn't fly off the handle at the least provocation. A God who… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions...… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
[R]eductionism' is one of those things, like sin, that is only mentioned by people who are against it. To call oneself a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence was only partially applied for women and for certain immigrants such as the Chinese. And it wasn't applied… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I have 236 movies on my queue and I feel like I should always be watching movies. Like if I wake up… — Gary Gulman Copy Share Image
We want Shraddhâ, we want faith in our own selves. Strength is life, weakness is death. 'We are the Âtman, deathless and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Christ is redemption only as He actually redeems and delivers our nature from sin. If He is not the law and spring… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“His voice wavered and he looked down abruptly, at last making some vain effort to hide the shameful tears that tracked down… — Sonny Hassell Copy Share Image
The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well with it.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“If one of you has seriously sinned, repent—now. It is not good to violate the commandments of the Lord. It is worse… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
“Interesting, Miles thought. Like himself, Father Mark, as a child, had been reassured by the imagined proximity of God, whereas adults, perhaps… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Even his highly emotional Italian mother didn't believe that true love could blossom overnight. Like his brothers and sisters-in-law, she wanted nothing… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Examine your own hearts. Do you see there any habit or custom which you know is wrong in the sight of God?… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Sometimes we get way too fixated on how powerful sin is and how weak we are. We worry that if we relax… — Judah Smith Copy Share Image
To represent a bad thing in its least offensive light is, doubtless, the most agreeable course for a writer of fiction to… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
“Another part or piece,' said Diabolus, 'of mine excellent armour, is a dumb and prayerless spirit, a spirit that scorns to cry… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
This is a key point which the secularists are missing: they think that stressing God's mercy means that sins are no longer… — Thomas J. Paprocki Copy Share Image
When you meet opposition to your faith, your first reaction may be anger toward your antagonist. This may divert your attention from… — Henry Blackaby Copy Share Image
Before we get too depressed about the state of our politics, let's remember our history … Many forms of Government have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think I would rather live on the verge of falling and let my security be in the all-sufficiency of the grace… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
Once efficiency is universally accepted as a rule, it becomes an inner compulsion and weighs like a sense of sin, simply because… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
A few more years shall roll, A few more seasons come; And we shall be with those that rest, Asleep within the… — Horatius Bonar Copy Share Image
“If our repentance is not whole-hearted, if we are doing it feignedly, like Jeremiah's generation did, then our repentance will not hold… — Daniel Botkin Copy Share Image
We had for decades, people trying to create a cultural Christianity that would appeal to nonbelievers, that was accepting of immorality, accepting… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
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Yon Kippur. Greatest Jewish holiday ever. The Jewish day of attonement. You don't ear for one day, all your sins for the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The other part of the true religion is our duty to man. We must love our neighbour as our selves, we must… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass them, don't… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
You come before the judgment seat of God full of rebellion and mistakes. Because of his justice he cannot dismiss your sin,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“May your criminal enjoyments vanish as a shadow! may your ill-gotten wealth leave you without a resource; and may you yourself remain… — Antoine François Prévost Copy Share Image
True repentance begins with KNOWLEDGE of sin. It goes on to work SORROW for sin. It leads to CONFESSION of sin before… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
![“[R]eductionism' is one of those things, like sin, that is only mentioned by people who are against it. To call oneself a reductionist will sound, in some circles, a bit like admitting to eating babies. But, just as nobody actually eats babies, so nobody is really a reductionist in any sense worth…” quote by Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/530/richard-dawkins-115_admitting_r-eductionism-is-one-of-those-things-lik_2689016.jpg)
