Sin Quotes

4044 Sin quotes by 1784 unique authors

We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough. — Scott Hahn
Enter, stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
So the day became one of waiting, which was, he knew, a sin: moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the… — Neil Gaiman
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy. — William Shakespeare
The sins of the Midwest: flatness, emptiness, a necessary acceptance of the familiar. Where is the romance in being buried alive? In growing old? — Stewart O'Nan
There are moments, psychologists tell us, when the passion for sin, or what the world calls sin, so dominates a nature, that every fibre of… — Oscar Wilde
Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost. — Terry Goodkind
Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do… — Harper Lee
Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There… — Robert Penn Warren
Self-pity is a sin. It is a form of living suicide. — Charles J. Shields
Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
At some thoughts one stands perplexed - especially at the sight of men's sin - and wonders whether one should use force or humble love.… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Contemplation in the age of Auschwitz and Dachau, Solovky and Karaganda is something darker and more fearsome than contemplation in the age of the Church… — Thomas Merton
the Twelve Apostles are the most evident sign of Jesus' will regarding the existence and mission of his Church, the guarantee that between Christ and… — Pope Benedict XVI
When we turn from our sin, and have the blessed forgiveness of the Almighty, then we can ask Him to run things, and let Him… — Jan Karon
Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Sometimes I think that the amount of time you live on earth is just an inverse reflection of how good you were in a previous… — Chuck Klosterman
The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays. — Terry Pratchett
Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most… — John Bunyan
If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him for… — Diana Gabaldon
And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and… — Sigrid Undset
What an unbearable creature he must have been in those days--and yet in those days he had been comparatively innocent. That was another mystery: it… — Graham Greene
My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time. — Leo Tolstoy
He looked good, like sin in a suit. — Melissa Marr
In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another. — A. J. Jacobs

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