Justification Quotes

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The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive him into the… — Paul Tournier
Though justification costs us nothing but the sacrifice of our pride, it has cost Christ His blood. — F B Meyer
Ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society. — Ashley Montagu
It is through justification of one's actions that a completely guiltless life is possible. — Ashly Lorenzana
The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Adoption is the highest privilege that the gospel offers: higher even than justification.. . To be right with God the Judge is a great thing,… — J I Packer
Most national advertising is done without justification. It is merely presumed to pay. A little test might show a way to multiply returns — Claude C. Hopkins
It has often been said, and certainly not without justification, that the man of science is a poor philosopher. — Albert Einstein
When the New Testament speaks about the fullness of grace which we find in Christ, it does not mean only forgiveness, pardon and justification. Christ… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
She obeys me, but only because she wants to. It's the only justification for obedience, Ged observed. — Ursula K. Le Guin
I never wavered in my certainty that God did not exist. I was simply liberated by the thought that there might be a way to… — Alain de Botton
ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him. — Ambrose Bierce
We've spent half the expenditures, we've wrecked our budget on all these other domestic programs, and the only justification for it, in my opinion, to… — John F. Kennedy
And just as there are no crimes so detestable that they can prevent the gift of grace, so too there can be no works so… — Prosper of Aquitaine
So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of printing in the… — Alfred North Whitehead
To find the right plan is just as hard as looking for its sound justification. — Emanuel Lasker
I can see no justification whatever for the attitude which refuses on purely a priori grounds to accept action at a distance ... Such an… — Percy Williams Bridgman
I really believed that anything at all was worth writing about if you cared about it enough, and that the best and only necessary justification… — Susan Orlean
Either CS (coordinate system) could be used with equal justification. The two sentences: the sun is at rest and the earth moves, or the sun… — Albert Einstein
The article of justification is fragile. Not in itself, of course, but in us. I know how quickly a person can forfeit the joy of… — Martin Luther

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