Sin Quotes
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I am on fire within. There comes no murmur of reply. What is it that will take away my sin, And save me lest I die?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Quite unnecessary, either, ever to say pfui to him, for he was a most virtuous dog, protected from sin by absence of desires. What a contrast to his impassioned predecessor!
Elizabeth von Arnim
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CEASE to PRAY and thou will BEGIN to SIN.
William Gurnall
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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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He looked good, like sin in a suit.
Melissa Marr
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Health is a divine gift, and the care of the body is a sacred duty, to neglect which is to sin.
Eugen Sandow
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It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers.
Thomas Aquinas
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Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
Martin Luther
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Memory is earth's retribution for man's sins.
Augusta Jane Evans
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Our sainted aunts prate of living for others while our rich uncles call us mollycoddles for not fighting for what we want. Murder is a patriotic act if you commit it in a uniform; it is the blackest sin if you kill someone while wearing a gray flannel suit.
Nicholas Samstag
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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
Sugar Ray Leonard
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God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that's not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when you get your own universe, you can make your own standards.
Francis Chan
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Lying is the greatest of all sins.
Alfred Nobel
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A call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin.
Sydney Biddle Barrows
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Take away the motive, and you take away the sin.
Miguel de Cervantes
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I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a willful sin between myself and God.
George Eliot
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One of the bitter ironies of the 20th century was that communism, which began as an egalitarian doctrine accusing capitalism of selfishness and calloused sacrifices of others, became in power a system whose selfishness and callousness toward others made the sins of capitalism pale.
Thomas Sowell
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Besides the guilt of sin and the power of sin, there is the stain of sin.
Nathaniel Culverwell
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No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found.
Isaac Watts
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Everything we have - every blessing, every talent - is a gift from our Father. The only thing that's all ours is our sin.
Mark Hart Crowded House
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When you attack the roots of sin, fix your thought more on the God you desire than on the sin you abhor.
Walter Hilton
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Pastors are highly susceptible to the sin of sloth.
Eugene H. Peterson
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In people's eyes I read Pages of malice and sin.
Mikhail Lermontov
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Not only do they offend thee, O Lady, who outrage thee, but thou art also offended by those who neglect to ask thy favors ... He who neglects the service of the Blessed Virgin will die in his sins ... He who does not invoke thee, O Lady, will never get to Heaven ... Not only will those from whom Mary turns her countenance not be saved, but there will be no hope of their salvation ... No one can be saved without the protection of Mary.
Bonaventure