Sin Quotes

4044 Sin quotes by 1784 unique authors

I sometimes hold it half a sin To put in words the grief I feel For words, like nature, half reveal And half conceal the… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don’t… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
No man treats a motorcar as foolishly as he treats another human being. When the car will not go, he does not attribute its annoying… — Bertrand Russell
That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin. — Gene Wolfe
Then Jesus changed the situation. When he paid for our sins on the cross, the veil in the temple that symbolized our separation from God… — Rick Warren
I am a star in the firmament that observe the world, despises the world and consumed in its heat. I am the sea by night… — Hermann Hesse
Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not… — Ian Fleming
Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being… — John Ortberg
Christianity has from its beginning portrayed itself as a gospel of peace, a way of reconciliation (with God, with other creatures), and a new model… — David Bentley Hart
There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers but it is the sins of the mothers that are the most difficult… — Melanie Benjamin
After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies that were not… — Oscar Wilde
When the sins of our fathers visit us We do not have to play host. We can banish them with forgiveness As God, in his… — August Wilson
What the worm was to the corpse, his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas. They would mar its beauty, and eat… — Oscar Wilde
There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think… — Oscar Wilde
Over the city lies the sweet, rotting odor of yesterday's unrecollected sins. — Hilary Mantel
We are all insane. That is what original sin means. Sin is insanity. It is preferring finite joy to infinite joy, creatures to the Creator,… — Peter Kreeft
I have no doubts that the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my “literary” sins – The other kind don’t… — Robert W. Service
..and certain that life consisted of a few simple signals and decisions; that death took root at the moment of birth and man’s only recourse… — Yukio Mishima
Those who think he had lucky breaks are not only unaware of the real story but also fall prey to that sin of the mediocre:… — Marlon James
That's who Jesus Christ is. He became the final Priest and the final Sacrifice. Sinless, he did not offer sacrifices for himself. Immortal, he never… — John Piper
Husbands are not Christ. But they are called to be like him. And the specific point of likeness is the husband's readiness to suffer for… — John Piper
The point is, Sin is now going to try to overthrow me again and take my place. Do you know what that means? (Artemis) There… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Don’t you have something to do? (Sin) If not for the fact it would result in your breaking every bone in my body and making… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Then you’re going to stay in that net until eternity comes to pass. (Sin) Well, that’s really intelligent, isn’t it? What are you going to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Because I’ve lost my children, too, and I know the ache that lives inside the heart that no amount of solace or alcohol will squelch.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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