One of the greatest sins in any story is false suspense. The kind of 'suspense' that disintegrates the moment you give your… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
If you do not join the dancing you will feel foolish. So why not dance? And i will tell you a secret:… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second; that second for a third; and so on, till… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is Christ's atonement that makes it possible for us to be forgiven of our sins and His resurrection that gives us… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Heavy laden -- that's what I am. Laden with pride, often thinking myself better than others while we have to think the… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
“Pride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
God will forgive you if you ask him to. Though your sins be numerous as the grains of sand on the shore,… — Patrick Madrid Copy Share Image
But privately when things got very bad I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words, and… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I had to de-program myself. From myself. Had to reinvent rituals of purification. So full of the vagrant pollutions of others. It… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
Here was the rub: one must be more zealous to please God than to avoid sin. One must sacrifice oneself utterly to… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
I would say that if you don't believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I tell lies sometimes. The last time I lied was a year ago. I absolutely detest lying. You could say that lying… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“At first are moving tombs on the surface of the surface of the earth; then we become static tombs in the brims… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
This is our punishment, our Tribulation. God has abandoned this world. The faithful have already gone on to their reward, and he… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
I hope that George doesn't internalize her scare tactics. I want to argue with her, tell her that "sins of the flesh"… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Many Christians expend so much energy and worry trying not to sin. The goal is not to try to sin less. In… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“If nothing else will do to sever me from my sins, Lord, send me such sore and trying calamities as shall awake… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We need to pray for our nation like never before, and then put legs to our prayers and preach the gospel to… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
Men: Stand in solidarity with women. Women, if you were born female, you were born on a battlefield. You will be punished… — Lierre Keith Copy Share Image
Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
To despair over one's sins indicates that sin has become or wants to be internally consistent. It wants nothing to do with… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The lingo used in the space is so arcane and out of date that investors have no context for the discussions. The… — Bob Rice Copy Share Image
If everything that is happening in the world is traceable to our inability to understand what is happening in the world. If… — Gerald Hausman Copy Share Image
If you wish to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Whoever with fear of God corrects and directs a sinner gains virtue for himself, that of opposition to sin. But whoever insults… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Unless you see yourself standing there with the shrieking crowd, full of hostility and hatred for the holy and innocent Lamb of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He had been there long enough to have treated most of their fathers and mothers, many grandfathers and grandmothers too, and recognise… — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
“[It] could be argued that the favorite sin of Satan would not be vanity, as described in 'Devil's Advocate', or even unbelief… — Brian Godawa Copy Share Image
The Saviour and the Comforter, two Persons of the Godhead: the One ever saves from sins, and the Other comforts him who… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
One of the most admirable effects of Holy Communion is to preserve the soul from sin, and to help those who fall… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“One of the effects of original sin is an instinctive prejudice in favour of our own selfish desires. We see things as… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Indeed, happiness is nothing other than being encompassed, an after-image of the original shelter within the mother. But for this reason no… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
It gave me no pleasure to see people drink in my opinions if they seemed ignorant of Jesus Christ and the value… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
If you have to do with one who is unquestionably a slanderer, do not excuse him by calling him frank and free-spoken;… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
“Henry's face went red in anger as he blustered at her audacity. It wasn't often anyone got the better of him, and… — Kinley MacGregor Copy Share Image
Hilary Clinton's great sin was that she left the nicely wallpapered domestic sphere with a slam of the door, took up public… — Patricia J. Williams Copy Share Image
I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Obviously, certain sins often may escape detection. Homosexuals who practice behind closed doors are out-of-bounds for the courts, of course, unless others… — Gary DeMar Copy Share Image
![“[It] could be argued that the favorite sin of Satan would not be vanity, as described in 'Devil's Advocate', or even unbelief in the existence of the devil, as described in 'The Usual Suspects,' but the imagining of a generic, Christless God. The very essence of the Christian faith centers on the…” quote by Brian Godawa](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/108/brian-godawa-43567_christ_it-could-be-argued-that-the-favorite-sin_2328175.jpg)
