Sin Quotes

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Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony — John Stott
Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies. — Michel de Montaigne
Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it. — John Climacus
When the Spirit is absent, our excuses always seem right, but in the presence of the Spirit our excuses fade away. — R. T. Kendall
Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, but never turns back. — Bonnell Thornton
I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it. — Thomas a Kempis
Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement. — Hannah Whitall Smith
Honesty before God requires the most fundamental risk of faith we can take: the risk that God is good, that God does love us unconditionally.… — Gerald May
The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit. — Thomas Carlyle
Sin is whatever obscures the soul. — Andre Gide
People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of… — Bernard de Mandeville
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive. — Frank Moore Colby
What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity… — Oscar Wilde
The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a… — Oscar Wilde
Few love to hear the sins they love to act. — William Shakespeare
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners. — Seneca the Younger
It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin. — Seneca the Younger
We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue. — Henry David Thoreau
Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy. — Ovid
Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made… — Phyllis McGinley

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