Sin Quotes
4044 quotes by 1885 authors
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A fallow field is a sin.
— John Steinbeck
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That evening I went for a walk. To walk for the sake of walking is something I seldom do. Inside my apartment I'd felt inexplicably…
— Daniel Quinn
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Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins.
— James Reston
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Brains cause technology, society, art, science, soap operas, sin. A remarkable set of effects for such a small chunk of coagulated atoms.
— Colin McGinn
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The world's as ugly as sin, And almost as delightful.
— Frederick Locker-Lampson
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Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with…
— H. L. Mencken
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All sin is selfish, whether it be lying, cheating, stealing, immorality, covetousness, or idleness. Sin is for one's own ends, not for another's-certainly not for…
— Derek A. Cuthbert
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality. Satan, the enemy is using people to further his agenda…
— Alan Chambers
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Make no mistake, I am a Christian and I believe in God and I don't believe he makes mistakes, so I believe that being gay…
— Kristin Chenoweth
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Although the sinner does not believe in Hell, he shall nevertheless go there if he has the misfortune to die in mortal sin.
— Anthony Mary Claret
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And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things…
— Justin Martyr
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[Peter] testified to [the Jews in Acts 2] that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Judge of the living and dead, into whom…
— Irenaeus of Lyons
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[Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon…
— Irenaeus of Lyons
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You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission of sins and getting of…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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If all it took was someone proclaiming I believe Jesus Christ and that he died for my sins, and that was all there was to…
— Barack Obama
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Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest.
— John Flavel
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Though we may now think some sins light and little, if the Lord awaken the conscience, we shall feel even the smallest sin heavy upon…
— Matthew Henry
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Spirit filled souls are ablaze for God. They love with a love that glows. They serve with a faith that kindles. They serve with a…
— Samuel Chadwick
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Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he follow not on…
— John Owen
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The blood of Christ stands not simply for the sting of sin on God but the scourge of God on sin, not simply for God's…
— Peter Forsyth
Who Wrote These Sin Quotes
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