Sin Quotes · Page 53

Natural man’s sin is precisely this: He wants the benefits of God without God Himself.

— R. C. Sproul

Sin is a spiritual illness; thus sinners are in need of salvation.

— Thomas Aquinas

If ye never had a sick night and a pained soul for sin, ye have not yet lighted upon Christ.

— Samuel Rutherford

As a tree my sin stands To darken all lands; Death is the fruit it bore.

— Christina Rossetti

One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.

— John Darnielle

All our good works and good intentions can't solve our sin problem.

— Johnny Hunt

It was not the volume of sin that sent Christ to the cross; it was the fact of sin.

— Ravi Zacharias

To survive the Borderlands you must live sin fronteras be a crossroads.

— Anonymous

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin…

— Dolly Parton

It [covetousness] is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the…

— Thomas Aquinas

Let no man pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation also! These two are too closely united to be separated.…

— John Owen

For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin…

— Anthony Hope

It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did…

— Mark Twain

Thus the call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

When we hear that Christ was made a curse for us, let us believe it with joy and assurance. By faith Christ…

— Martin Luther

Beckett does not believe in God, though he seems to imply that God has committed an unforgivable sin by not existing.

— Anthony Burgess

If we could make up our minds to spare our friends all details of ill health, of money losses, of domestic annoyances,…

— Agnes Repplier

Always remember, my good friends, that there is one sin we must never commit and it is to humiliate another person or…

— Elie Wiesel

Ah, sinner, may the Lord quicken thee! But it is a work that makes the Saviour weep. I think when He comes…

— Charles Spurgeon

You were firing questions at me today, trying to get inside my head. You asked if I believed in God. I told…

— Karen Marie Moning

During this Christmas season, when the world seems to be in turmoil, wars are breaking out in different places, crime is rampant,…

— Billy Graham

So many sins against the poor cry out to high heaven! One of the most deadly sins is to deprive the laborer…

— Dorothy Day

If thou wouldst be justified, acknowledge thine injustice. He that confesses his sin, begins his journey toward salvation. He that is sorry…

— Francis Quarles

I do not believe God is responsible for my sins, some people may. But I believe that my own weaknesses are father-filtered…

— Rick Warren

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

— Molly Ivins

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

— J. C. Ryle

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

— William Shakespeare

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

— John Climacus

“If we neither regard the deeds nor respect the works of God, it leads to rebellion.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

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

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

— Lailah Gifty Akita

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

— Eric Metaxas

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

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

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

— Samuel Butler

Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts.

— J. C. Ryle

It may be a secret sin on earth, but it is open scandal in heaven.

— Lewis Sperry Chafer

Standing by and doing nothing while a sin is committed is as bad as committing the sin itself

— Amish Tripathi