Best 2296 quotes in «sin quotes» category

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Two things I recognize, O Lord, in myself: Nature, which Thou hast made; Sin, which I have added.

Ugliness is the greatest of all sins.

Two points of danger beset mankind; namely, making sin seem either too large or too little.

Unhappily, no man exists who has not in his own person become, to some amount, a stockholder in the sin, and so made himself liable to a share in the expiation.

Unbelief is the greatest of sins.

Trees cover up a multitude of sins.

Untouchability of foreign cloth is as much a virtue with all of us as untouchability of the suppressed classes must be a sin with every devout Hindu.

Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books.

Unsuccessful emulation is too apt to sink into envy, which of all sins has not even the excuse to offer of temporary gratification.

Use sin as it will use you; spare it not, for it will not spare you; it is your murderer, and the murderer of the world: use it, therefore, as a murderer should be used. Kill it before it kills you.

Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . .

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

Wealth covers sin - the poor / Are naked as a pin.

Wealth is a great sin in the eyes of God. Poverty is a great sin in the eyes of man.

Weak coffee is the greatest sin against humanity.

We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, by thought, word and deed.

We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam".

We are not guilty because we are depraved; we are depraved because we are guilty

We are all afflicted by original sin; people succumbing to temptations to do and to be.

We are most unfair to God; we do not allow Him to sin.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.

We are responsible for our captivity to sin. In our foolishness, we forget God. However, God intervenes!

We are saved from nothing if we are not saved from sin.

We are too prone to make technological instruments the scapegoats for the sins of those who wield them. The products of modern science are not in themselves good or bad; it is the way they are used that determines their value.

We are certain that there is forgiveness, because there is a Gospel, and the very essence of the Gospel lies in the proclamation of the pardon of sin.

Wearing something that you're not comfortable in is the ultimate sin. It's important for each person to discover their own style, and find something that is not trendy or too revealing or anything that would get in the way of working.

We are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth. There God dealt with us, and there he still deals with us, our needs and our sins, in judgment and grace.

We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.

We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.

We ask the education system to expiate the sins of the rest of the society and then condemn it as hopelessly broken when it doesn't prove up to the task.

We have all our secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly.

[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 'multiply and replenish the earth.' Surely those who project such measures to prevent life or to destroy life before or after birth will reap the whirlwind of God's retribution, for God will not be mocked.

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

Well how can a holy, just, righteous God allow sin into His presence?

We live in a day of slick, quiet and clever sins.

Well, that’s just a little hard, since I can’t even talk her into sparing your life, huh? You haven’t exactly endeared yourself to her. (Kat) Oh, excuse my utter lack of manners there. Should we call Mommy dearest and invite her over for tea? I promise to be on my best manners when I choke the life out of her. (Sin)

Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary

We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation.

We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin.

We must guard against allowing anger to drag us into sin.

We must not forget that it wasn't the Jews that put him on the cross, and it wasn't the Romans. It was my sins, it was your sins, the sins of this world.

We must not be content to be cleansed from sin; we must be filled with the Spirit.

We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above us, when we deem that any act or enjoyment good in itself, is not good to do religiously.

We’re too Christian to enjoy sin and too sinful to enjoy Christ. We’ve got just enough Jesus to be informed, but not enough to be transformed.

We should confess His hand in all things. Ingratitude is one of our great sins.

We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.

We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.