Sin Quotes · Page 72

The greatest security against sin is to be shocked at its presence.

— Thomas Carlyle

It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it.

— Patrick Henry

New Orleans is a city of paradox. Sin, salvation, sex, sanctification, so intertwined yet so separate.

— Harry Connick, Jr

Search fearlessly for every sin, for out of sin comes joy.

— Frank Wedekind

The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.

— R. C. Sproul

If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.

— Matthew Henry

When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, "Sin and resistance"

— Tullian Tchividjian

Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Jesus Christ never died for our good works. They were not worth dying for. But he gave himself for our sins, according…

— Martin Luther

If the Bible didn't show us the weaknesses, the vulnerabilities , the sins of our heroes, we might have deep questions about…

— Baal Shem Tov

A sacred burden is this life ye bear, Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly, Stand up and walk beneath it…

— Fanny Kemble

I'm a king without a crown, a scream without a sound, a master of disaster, and the sin to all religion... Always…

— Jamie Timbre

There is no sin worse in life than being boring and nothing worse than letting other people tell you what to do.

— Paris Hilton

Inconstancy no sin will prove If we consider that we love But the same beauty in another face, Like the same body…

— Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury

Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.

— Ambrose Bierce

“As time moves on the line will blur. It will no longer seem to be the simplicity of good versus evil, but…

— Criss Jami

For virtue is a light and buoyant thing, and all who live in her way fly like clouds as Isaiah says, and…

— Gregory of Nyssa

For forty years did unbelief, murmuring, and rebellion shut out ancient Israel from the land of Canaan. The same sins have delayed…

— Ellen G. White

the Twelve Apostles are the most evident sign of Jesus' will regarding the existence and mission of his Church, the guarantee that…

— Pope Benedict XVI

In this simple but profound psychological way Scripture tells the history of the fall and of the origin of sin. In this…

— Herman Bavinck

Especially look to those sins to which your crosses have some reference and respect. Are you crossed in your goods? Think if…

— William Whately

Good men and bad men alike are capable of weakness. The difference is simply that a bad man will be proud all…

— Vasily Grossman

McEwan's Atonement…truly dazzles, proving to be as much about the art and morality of writing as it is about the past…. The…

— Noah Richler

The child, in danger of the fire, just clings to the fireman, and trusts to him alone. She raises no question about…

— Charles Spurgeon

“Man does not commit sin in unintentional deed, but he might be the only one that could justify it.”

— Toba Beta

When you desire to be most alive to God, you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.

— Charles Spurgeon

His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin.

— Anonymous

Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.

— Rocco Buttiglione

The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When the reptile is attacked at one mouth of his burrow, he shows himself at another.

— Henry David Thoreau

As Christians, we sin with anger because we lack faith in God's ability to provide for or protect us.

— Eric Metaxas

“The pain of patience is better the pleasure of sin.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Sins cut boldly up through every class in society, but mere misdemeanours show a certain level in life.

— Elizabeth Bowen

Sin is not taken out of man, as Eve was out of Adam, by putting him to sleep.

— Wendell Phillips

It's Godlike to love man - even in his sin - merely because he's man.

— Dorothy Day

In short, a man must be set free from the sin he is , which makes him do the sin he does .

— George MacDonald

Sin is not just breaking God's laws; it is breaking His heart.

— Adrian Rogers

When the Lord Jesus Christ gives a man remission of sins, He also gives him repentance.

— J. C. Ryle

The advantage of being able to identify sin is that you can go out and do it, and enjoy it.

— Molly Ivins

Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it.

— John Climacus