Best 2296 quotes in «sin quotes» category

It was about 5 years after I was baptized before the pull of sin finally stopped.

It turns out that speeding irresponsibly in a large truck, placing personal wealth ahead of the welfare of others, is one of the greatest sins in the Universe.

It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did not long remain one.

It was nothing less than a stretch of divine love for Jesus to give himself for our sins. It was gracious for the Infinite to conceive of such a thing; but for him to carry it out was glorious beyond all.

It was on the cross of Calvary that God, in Christ, dealt fully and finally with self, the nature from which all our sins flow.

It was not the volume of sin that sent Christ to the cross; it was the fact of sin.

It was the sinner that Christ came to help.

I urge you to sin. But not against these itty-bitty religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism-or their secular derivatives, Marxism, Maoism, Freudianism and Jungianism-whic h are all derivatives of the big religion of patriarchy. Sin against the infrastructure itself!

I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?

I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my grey friar's frock, and all shall be well again.

I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!

I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.

I will not allow the Athenians to sin twice against philosophy.

I've relaxed my feelings about other companies performing my works. I have never in principle been against my ballets being danced by other companies. Rather, it is that we lack the time, space and money to insure that they are done well. To me, the only sin is mediocrity.

I want to know what it is, this 'sin' they say I've committed.

I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together.

I wish I hated my own sin as much as I hate everyone else's.

I wonder if killing yourself is the only thing you can control in your entire life, and that's why it's a sin. Because you're beating God at his own game.

I won't stick around to see how much temptation I can take. God is not impressed with my ability to stand up to sin. He is more impressed by the obedience I show when I run from it.

Jem is my greatest sin.

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins.

Jesus died for our sins," Noah says solemnly. "What?!?" I reply, choking back my thoughts. "I was just seeing if you were listening.

I would say that God custom designed my weaknesses. I am not making God responsible for my sins.

Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

Jews have suffered persecution from misguided Christians who tortured the Jews for their part in killing Christ. These Christians forgot that Christ died because of the sins of all men.

Justifying faith implies, not only a divine evidence or conviction that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, but a sure trust and confidence that Christ died for my sins, that He loved me and gave Himself for me.

Just because you forgot about your sins, doesn't mean they have been forgiven.

Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know? Can it be death?

Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.

Known to the Lord from the beginning were all your sins. Nevertheless, He still loved you.

Khashyah (fear) is to fear Allah until His fear comes between you and your sins - that is true khashyah. And Dhikr (remembrance) is to obey Allah so whoever obeys Him has indeed remembered Him, and whoever does not obey Him is not a dhakir - even if he makes abundant tasbih (glorification) and recites much of Qur'an.

Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it.

Know what your sin is and confess it; but do not imagine that you have approved yourself a penitent by confessing sin in the abstract.

Language is conceived in sin and science is its redemption.

Lay siege to your sins, and starve them out by keeping away the food and fuel which is their maintenance and life.

Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

Let no one flatter himself; of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God.

Let every man mind his own business.

Let’s just say I understand betrayal. And having been where he is, I know the explosion to come. Trust me. ‘Duck’ won’t quite cover it. (Sin)

Let it be observed, that slovenliness is no part of religion; that neither this, nor any text of Scripture, condemns neatness of apparel. Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.

Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins.

Life in this fallen world is to a great degree meaningless, our aspirations are constantly being frustrated, and sometimes the respectable people are oppressive and bigoted. And yet there is a Good that will triumph over Evil in the end. From a Christian perspective the problem with both kinds of stories is that they tend to blame problems on things besides sin and identify salvation in things besides God — and therefore are ultimately too simplistic.

Love the offender, yet detest the offense.

Light reveals righteousness, and it also reveals sin.

Little sins are pioneers of hell.

Loving him was like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street; faster than the winds, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly.

Lying covers a multitude of sins - temporarily.

Life is a slate where all our sins are written; from time to time we rub the sponge of repentance over it so we can begin sinning again.

Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.