Sin Quotes · Page 71

The United States was founded on the triple sin of slavery, genocide, and land theft.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most commonly afflicts the gardener.

— Michael Pollan

Grace is not the freedom to sin; it is the power to live a holy life.

— Joyce Meyer

There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.

— Hosea Ballou

I felt like an animal, and animals don't know sin, do they?

— Jess C Scott

And much of Madness, and more of Sin, And Horror the soul of the plot.

— Edgar Allan Poe

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

— Henry David Thoreau

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin.

— C. S. Lewis

... in a wicked way, it is an incentive to good living to observe the spice of enjoyment there is to a…

— Margaret Deland

Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions.

— Tiger Woods

I suggest Substituting Inedible Nurturance, or SIN. Don't replace overeating with virtuous work or exercise; instead, make a list of things you…

— Martha Beck

My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Alas, alas, that ever love was sin! I ever followed natural inclination Under the power of my constellation And was unable to…

— Geoffrey Chaucer

I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in…

— Samuel Rutherford

[On Las Vegas:] ... The City That Never Sleeps. The City That Sins and Smiles and Lives On the Edge. The city…

— Karen Kijewski

Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always…

— Swami Vivekananda

In the face of nature's overwhelming forces, humans needed a God who would protect them from harm. When they felt that they…

— Deepak Chopra

Modern man is weighed down more by the burden of responsibility than by the burden of sin. We think him more a…

— Eric Hoffer

Unfortunately, the simplest things - such as thinking for myself, creating my own reality and being whatever the hell I want to…

— Brandon Boyd

The concept of 'purgatory' is in Catholic Church dogma, and most black people are not Catholic - mostly their Christian realities focus…

— Harry Lennix

WHATEVER you are Going through right now: Remember Jesus came for you knowing all the sins you will ever commit. So don't…

— Yalembirhan Almaw

We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. If…

— Bertrand Russell

I ask why your Omnipotent God does not hold a man back when he is about to commit a sin or offence.…

— Bhagat Singh

There never was a time when we were created perfect and fell into sin and needed to be rescued. We are evolving…

— John Shelby Spong

the sins of children rise up in judgment against their parents.

— Lady Caroline Lamb

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

— Elie Wiesel

“Men are men, unfortunately, no matter what their shape, and inclined to sin.”

— Ray Bradbury

“It was part of his nature to extenuate nothing and live on as one of his own worst accusers.”

— Thomas Hardy

Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!

— Emily Bronte

A right knowledge of sin lies at the root of all saving Christianity.

— J. C. Ryle

That sorrow for sin that keeps the soul from looking towards the mercy seat is a sinful sorrow.

— Thomas Brooks

DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.

— Ambrose Bierce

Pastors spend a good bit of time helping people with their sin. Who helps them with their sin?

— Johnny Hunt

Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . .

— Thomas Aquinas

Sins may be forgiven through repentance, but no act of wit will ever justify them.

— Thomas Sherlock

There is no original sin. It's all been done before.

— Louis Dudek

One sin, I know, another doth provoke. Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.

— William Shakespeare

Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin.

— Denise McCluggage

The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.

— Moliere