Sin Quotes

4044 Sin quotes by 1784 unique authors

There are two kinds of people in the world—only two kinds. Not black or white, rich or poor, but those either dead in sin or dead to sin. — Leonard Ravenhill
The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church, grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church, grieved at… — Leonard Ravenhill
To confess your sins to God is not to tell [God] anything [God] doesn't already know. Until you confess them, however, they are the abyss… — Frederick Buechner
Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens. — Frederick Buechner
Crimes, sins, nightmares, hunks of hair: it was surprising how many of them has something to dispose of. The more I charged, the easier it… — Tama Janowitz
I could forgive the boy, now, if he'd committed a million sins! — Mark Twain
Tabasco sauce is to bachelor cooking what forgiveness is to sin. — P.J. O'Rourke
Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures… — Robert Southey
He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall… — Johannes Tauler
If Christ justifies you, He will sanctify you! He will not save you and leave you in your sins. — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
This mortal probation is a brief period-just a short span, linking the eternity of the past with the eternity of the future. Yet it was… — ElRay L. Christiansen
I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods in which nearly all one's friends seem to be selfish… — C.S. Lewis
I have, by God’s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God’s mercy, which does not leave me… — Rowan Williams
And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins. — Thomas Keneally
The price the Virgin demanded was purity, and the way the educators of Catholic children have interpreted this for nearly two thousand years is sexual… — Marina Warner
If you're not electing Christians then in essence you are going to legislate sin. — Katherine Harris
Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the… — William Laud
Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past. — Joseph M. Juran
Satanists are encouraged to indulge in the seven deadly sins, as they need hurt no one; they were only invented by the Christian Church to… — Anton Szandor LaVey
We are so inculcated with guilt that we think that weakness is a sin or that it is some crime against nature to be submissive. — Anton Szandor LaVey
The basic formula of all sin is: frustrated or neglected love. — Franz Werfel
Sin is like a cancer that destroys step by step, sometimes so slowly we don't realize what's happening to us. — David Jeremiah
When the Bible uses the words salvation, Savior, and save, it's speaking of the total work of God in bringing people from a state of… — David Jeremiah
Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for… — Franklin Graham
Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules… — George Herbert

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