Sin Quotes · Page 52

It is better to pray with good will for our neighbor, rather than to denounce him for every sin.

— Marcus Eremita

I saw not till now what sin brings with it - that we must tread others underfoot.

— Sigrid Undset

Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.

— Myrtle Reed

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?

— Alexander Pope

To me the ultimate sin was refusing to listen to reason.

— Colin McGinn

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

— Martin Luther

How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.

— Timothy Keller

“So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!”

— Bernard of Clairvaux

It [Adam's act] cast off the authority of God, usurped his prerogative, and gave the mind up to the dominion of natural…

— John L. Dagg

Jesus called for nonviolent resistance to Rome and just distribution of land and food. He was crucified because he threatened Roman stability…

— John Dominic Crossan

The sin and the shame and the sorrow, The crime and the want and the woe That are born there in your…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The task of the Church after Jesus' resurrection and ascension was to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to all nations.

— Charles Stanley

“The more He loved those for whom He was the ransom, the more His anguish would increase, as it is the faults…

— Fulton J. Sheen

The very concept of sin comes from the Bible. Christianity offers to solve a problem of its own making! Would you be…

— Dan Barker

Envy makes people lonely, and brings them great suffering. It is horrible stuff to have in our flesh, and it is a…

— Esther Smith

Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations,…

— Origen

Some people understand the charity of our Lord and are saved by it; others, relying on this mercy and kindness, continue in…

— Walter Hilton

“Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me…

— Betty Smith

It was the only thing I ever really wanted. And that’s the sin that can’t be forgiven--that I hadn’t done what I…

— Ayn Rand

Praying actualizes and deepens our communion with God. Our prayer can and should arise above all from our heart, from our needs,…

— Anonymous

The secret to freedom from enslaving patterns of sin is worship. You need worship. You need great worship. You need weeping worship.…

— Anonymous

“The Apostle “Paul’s antidote for wimpy Christians is weighty doctrine. . . .everything that exists—including evil—is ordained by a holy and all-wise…

— John Piper

My friends, ask gladness from God. Be glad as children, as birds in the sky. And let man's sin not disturb you…

— Anonymous

Each person we meet on a daily basis who does not know Christ is hell-bound. That may make some folks bristle-but it's…

— Franklin Graham

“The more you free your heart from sin, the more your heart is free to serve.”

— Orrin Woodward

Look, I don't hate homosexuals. I've always said that I love the sinner but I hate the sin.

— Anita Bryant

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

— Moliere

Frenchwomen could not dress like Englishwomen without conviction of sin.

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

The abuse of a harmless thing is the essence of sin.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

The result of becoming tolerant towards sin is that we become intolerant towards God and His Word.

— R.J. Rushdoony

The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.

— John Ortberg

Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!

— Josemaria Escriva

If the Holy Communion touched my teeth, I thought that was a mortal sin

— Edna O'Brien

We need a bigger estimation of God and a smaller estimation of sin.

— Judah Smith

Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving,

— William Shakespeare

From Obedience and submission comes all our virtues, and all sin is comes from self-opinion.

— Michel de Montaigne

Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin.

— Robert A. Heinlein

You and I are not allowed to tell Him how much He can hate it (sin).

— Francis Chan

“Delight is délice, délit is a misdemeanour' 'Well, it's bloody close...' 'Well, they often are…”

— Alan Hollinghurst

“When we come to the light of God, all our sins shall be forgiven by faith in Jesus Christ.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita