Transgression Quotes

80 quotes by 71 authors

We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions... — George Washington
I find myself frequently depressed - perhaps more so than any other person here. And I find no better cure for that depression than to… — Charles Spurgeon
Because of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people, as Isaiah cries, we have… — Justin Martyr
[Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon… — Irenaeus of Lyons
In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected… — Hannah Arendt
The heart becomes sick, as the body becomes sick, and its remedy is al-Tawbah (repentance) and protection [from transgression]. It becomes rusty as a mirror… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Grace can pardon our ungodliness and justify us with Christ's righteousness; it can put the Spirit of Jesus Christ within us; it can help us… — John Bunyan
Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression. — D. Todd Christofferson
Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions,… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
Anna Karenina is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. Its gossip, rubbish - on… — Hanif Kureishi
Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best,… — Michael Eric Dyson
Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race. — Hesiod
The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the… — Ulysses S. Grant
Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult but utterly against human nature: to love those who hate… — John Calvin
Not only does the Atonement of Jesus Christ overcome the effects of the Fall of Adam and make possible the remission of our individual sins… — David A. Bednar
We live in a world of transgressions and selfishness, and no pictures that represent us otherwise can be true; though happily for human nature, gleamings… — James F. Cooper
Is not all creation a transgression? — Unknown Author
Where no paths exist, a man strays only when he misses his destination. There is no crime, no transgression, no sin save foolishness or incompetence,… — R. Scott Bakker
Through His Atonement, He heals not only the transgressor, but He also heals the innocent who suffer because of those transgressions. As the innocent exercise… — C. Scott Grow
There is no sin or transgression, pain or sorrow, which is outside of the healing power of His Atonement. — C. Scott Grow

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