Holiness Quotes

483 Holiness quotes by 252 unique authors

Consider who and what you are; who the Spirit is that is grieved, what he has done for you, what he comes to your soul… — John Owen
What then is holiness? Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out of the gospel in our souls (Eph 4:24). — John Owen
Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm loosens the earth… — John Owen
Lastly, we must be holy, because without holiness on earth - we will never be prepared to enjoy Heaven. ...I do not know what others… — J C Ryle
...God has made provision for our holiness. Through Christ He has delivered us from sin's reign so that we now can resist sin. But the… — Jerry Bridges
You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins, but we have… — Saint John Chrysostom
We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all that is not… — Mother Teresa
It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is… — George Whitefield
The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation. — Edward McKendree Bounds
If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want… — Ignatius Loyola
People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are good, then their… — Meister Eckhart
When your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: Ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the very… — Harold S. Kushner
Once we repossess a sense of our own holiness, we will recover the sense of the holiness of the world... Only in this way will… — Unknown Author
His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] has told me, urgently and repeatedly, that he thinks my photographs are crap. His exact words were, 'These photos are… — Richard Gere
We could not take one step in the pursuit of holiness if God in His grace had not first delivered us from the dominion of… — Jerry Bridges
The dignity of self is greatly enhanced by looking upward in the search for holiness. Like the giant trees, we should reach up for the… — James E. Faust
The path to holiness lies through questioning everything. — M. Scott Peck
If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus… — Gregory of Nyssa
There is ecstasy in paying attention. You can get into a kind of Wordsworthian openness to the world, where you see in everything the essence… — Anne Lamott
The greatest barrier to evangelization today is bad example....Our strategy of evangelization must be based upon sanctity, upon our enthusiastic response to Christ's universal call… — John Foley
The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor,… — Pope Paul VI
Did a Magdalene, a Paul, a Constantine, an Augustine become mountains of ice after their conversion? Quite the contrary. We should never have had these… — Frances Xavier Cabrini
To awaken a new longing for holiness: this is the great pastoral challenge that we have before us, if we want to be faithful to… — Unknown Author
Holiness is irresistible. If even 10% of the world's population had it the whole world would be converted and happy before the year's end. — C.S. Lewis
Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness. Do not forget we need each other. — Mother Teresa

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