Sin Quotes

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Sin may then be defined ultimately as anything in the creature which does not express, or which is contrary to, the holy character of the… — J. Oliver Buswell
To be spiritually dead is to be diabolically alive — R C Sproul
I always think of my sins when I weed. They grow apace in the same way and are harder still to get rid of. — Helena Rutherfurd Ely
Through our sunless lanes creeps Poverty with her hungry eyes, and Sin with his sodden face follows close behind her. Misery wakes us in the… — Oscar Wilde
There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and the fear of… — Aldous Huxley
The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or… — Iris Murdoch
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man should love himself...… — Thomas Aquinas
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins. — Laozi
Losing is the great American sin. — Jerome Holtzman
I do not plan in any way to whitewash my sin. I do not call it a mistake, a mendacity; I call it sin. I… — Jimmy Swaggart
For a married woman to flirt is a sin. — Anna Held
I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the… — Morgan Freeman
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away! — Saadi
"If a man finds it very hard to forgive injuries, let him look at a Crucifix, and think that Christ shed all His Blood for… — Philip Neri
Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange If we accept them we will never win. Since being realistic, as in mundane… — George S. Patton
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That… — Phillips Brooks
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That… — Phillips Brooks
Be happy when you are blamed and accused wrongly, for then you have the chance to see all the bitter, hostile or self-pitying responses that… — Teresa of Avila
Remember, you may choose your sin, but you cannot chose the consequences. — Jenny Sanford

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