Sin Quotes

4044 Sin quotes by 1784 unique authors

Being a Christan is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
All good things require effort. That which is worth having will cost part of your physical being, your intellectual power, and your soul power—‘Ask, and… — David O. McKay
If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will… — Nikos Kazantzakis
Love is such a priceless treasure that you can buy the whole world with it, and redeem not only your own but other people's sins.… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
It is a sin to write this. — Ayn Rand
But I'm no hero. I had to keep my dirty little secret. The worst sin I committed was holding it in; letting the secret blacken… — Julie Anne Peters
God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty… — Francis Chan
Scapegoating worked in practice while it still had religious powers behind it. You loaded the sins of the city on to the goat’s back and… — J M Coetzee
But Katie knew it was a sin, had known from the moment she made the decision to lie with Adam. However, the transgression wasn't making… — Jodi Picoult
Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon. — John Piper
...you must say words, as long as there are any, until they find me, until they say me, strange pain, strange sin, you must go… — Samuel Beckett
Like a battalion of marines at roll call, her neck hairs marshaled to five-alarm status. She stumbled back to her desk, jerked open the botton… — Lori Wilde
The way of the Lord is the way of happiness. ‘Wickedness never was happiness’ [Alma 41:10]. Transgression never was happiness. Sin never was happiness. Disobedience… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the… — Pope John Paul II
Technically, on the spectrum of very bad things, they did nothing truly wicked. But of course, that spectrum has no measure for the greatest of… — Galt Niederhoffer
What bothered me most was their lack of style. I learned early that class is universally admired. Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered… — Frank Abagnale
Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man… — Shusaku Endo
What then is the source of my errors? They are owing simply to the fact that, since the will extends further than the intellect, I… — Rene Descartes
You can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sins, you know, and cry tears while doing it that are genuine as any. — Leif Enger
I like smooth shiny girls, hardboiled and loaded with sin. — Raymond Chandler
It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought. — Ernest Hemingway
How is love between two people a sin? Love isn't about gender; it's about two souls uniting. — Alex Sanchez
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. — Vladimir Nabokov
All the opportunities you let slip by! The idea, the inspiration just doesn´t come fast enough. Instead of being open, you´re closed up tight. That´s… — Simone de Beauvoir
I feel like a goddess, jailed in her Olympus. Little wonder how the gods toyed with humans. Toyed with women, to watch them squirm, pollinate… — Ellen Hopkins

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