Holier Quotes
41 quotes by 38 authors
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It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another,…
— William Blake
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I don't even pretend we can occupy the Lib Dem holier-than-thou, hands-entirely-clean-and-entirely-empty-type stance. No, we are getting our hands dirty, and inevitably and totally understandably…
— Nick Clegg
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I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a…
— Jarvis Cocker
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A man can pray better because of the prayers of the past; a man can live holier because of the prayers of the past; the…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty,…
— J C Ryle
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Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.
— William Wordsworth
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When we invite the Holy Ghost to fill our minds with light and knowledge, He "quickens" us, that is to say, enlightens and enlivens the…
— Keith K. Hilbig
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Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality
— Grace Kelly
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There are actresses who've had expensive work done and look great, so I'm not holier-than-thou about it. But it wouldn't be for me, perhaps because…
— Celia Imrie
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Prophecy and history predict and record a great and universal apostasy which was to be followed by a restoration as predicted by John in Revelation.…
— Hugh B. Brown
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I got a imam, I got a rabbi, I got a priest, I got a reverend — I got 'em all. But I don't want…
— Mike Tyson
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He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose…
— Thomas a Kempis
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The holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him.
— C.S. Lewis
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Seek to be made holier every day; pray, strive, wrestle for the spirit, to make you like God. Be as much you can with God.…
— Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better; nobler; holier than it knows now.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Jesus is giving you such an opportunity to be holy, holier than all the saints that have ever been, because the world is in such…
— Mother Angelica
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Laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it's love and love alone that really matters.
— Tom Robbins
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Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick.
— Pope Francis
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Souls were the same. They, too, had useless baggage that impeded their proper performance, these annoying, holier-than-thou bits dangling like an appendix waiting for infection.…
— J R Ward
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There is no holier spot of ground than where defeated valor lies by mourning beauty crowned
— Henry Timrod
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