Sin Quotes
4044 Sin quotes by 1784 unique authors
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One of the most admirable effects of Holy Communion is to preserve the soul from sin, and to help those who fall through weakness to…
— Ignatius Loyola
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Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin
— Thomas Aquinas
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The greatest security against sin is to be shocked at its presence.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Willful sterility is, from the standpoint of the nation, from the standpoint of the human race, the one sin for which the penalty is national…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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A day of grace is yet held out to us. Both North and South have been guilty before God; and the Christian Church has a…
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
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The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of sin.
— Harold B. Lee
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The time has been in Israel under the law of God, the celestial law, or that which pertains to the celestial law, for it is…
— Brigham Young
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Suppose you found your brother in bed with your wife, and put a javelin through both of them. You would be justified, and they would…
— Brigham Young
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If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never…
— Brigham Young
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Perhaps no sin so easily besets us as a sense of self-satisfied superiority to others.
— William Osler
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In order for good to blossom it must be cultivated and exercised by constant practice, and to be truly righteous there is required a daily…
— Harold B. Lee
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Enjoy yourself as much as you like - if only you keep from sin.
— John Bosco
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Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
— Saint Francis de Sales
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. . . the sin of abortion, or the destruction of unborn children - lies somewhere a close kin to the crime of destroying human…
— Harold B. Lee
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Golden Verses So-called because they are "good as gold." They are by some attributed to Epicarmos, and by others to Empedocles, but always go under…
— Pythagoras
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Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.
— Thomas Aquinas
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The Bible tells us that the sins of the fathers are passed to succeeding generations. The virtues of the fathers can be passed along, too.
— Norman Vincent Peale
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One is punished by the very things by which he sins.
— Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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Obama's response when asked to define sin: "Being out of alignment with my values."
— Barack Obama
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[W]e declare it is a grievous sin before God to adopt restrictive measures in disobedience to God's divine command from the beginning of time to…
— Harold B. Lee
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Being seventy is not a sin. It's not a joy, either.
— Golda Meir
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. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of…
— Orson Welles
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She needed Cholly's sins desperately. The lower he sank, the wilder and more irresponsible he became, the more splendid she and her task became. In…
— Jim Morrison
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