Holiness Quotes

Holiness is irresistible. If even 10% of the world's population had it the whole world would be converted and happy before the year's end.

Let us defend the home as a place which is second only to the temple in holiness.

I always believed in God, I would go to mass most of the time, but I had no idea of the calling to holiness.

The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace.

Honor is the presence of God in man.

Where there is faith there is an awareness of holiness.

The worlds greatest need is the personal holiness of Christian people.

Holiness is doing God's will with a smile.

The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace.

True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us.

The more we devote ourselves to the pursuit of holiness and happiness, the less likely we will be on a path to regrets.

The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place is holiness.

I am in every religion as the thread through a string of pearls. Wherever thou seest extraordinary holiness and extraordinary power raising and purifying humanity, know thou that I am there.

Holy solitaries' is a phrase no more consistent with the Gospel than holy adulterers. The Gospel of Christ knows no religion but social; no holiness, but social holiness.

[Christ] does not give [men] light but from moment to moment; the instant He withdraws, all is darkness.... God does not give them a stock of holiness.

Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight.

Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.

If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.

Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he can be, but he has no holiness, that is, no supreme love of God

God's holiness demands that sin be punished - but God's love has provided the way of redemption through Christ.

Holiness does not consist in doing uncommon things, but in doing every thing with purity of heart.

Escape from the power of the hunting pack, and to know that wisdom is best and beauty sheer holiness.

Mysticism: to dwell on the unseen, to withdraw ourselves from the things of sense into communion with God - to endeavour to partake of the Divine nature; that is, of Holiness.

Unceasing prayer is the unbroken union of the soul with God, so that life from God flows into our life; and from our life, purity and holiness flow back to God.

Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ's cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner and never sees himself in any other way.

In addition to temples, surely another holy place on earth ought to be our homes. The feelings of holiness in my home prepared me for feelings of holiness in the temple.

Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.

Love for God is obedience; love for God is holiness. To love God and to love man is to be conformed to the image of Christ, and this is salvation.

Satisfaction with results will be the [death] knell of progress. No man is good who thinks that he cannot be better. He has no holiness who thinks that he is holy enough.

The sovereign electing grace of God chooses us to repentance, to faith, and afterwards to holiness of living, to Christian service, to zeal, and to devotion.

If I had my choice of all the blessings I can conceive of I would choose perfect conformity to the Lord Jesus, or, in one word, holiness.

Whatever call a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry.

Once beyond the self, however, holiness is no longer possible, because now, there is nothing left to give and no-one left to do the giving.

Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.

The proper focus of holiness is not on being set apart from something (i.e., the world), but on being set apart for something.

We come to the table not because we are holy, but because we are in need of His holiness. We come to the table not because we are strong, but because we are weak and in need of His strength.

The sacraments infuse holiness into the terrain of man's humanity: they penetrate the soul and body, the femininity and masculinity of the personal subject, with the power of holiness.

Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts. He who doth not kill sin in this way takes no steps toward his journey's end.

Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit.

The temple is a place of holiness. It is the most sacred and holy place on earth and should be treated with the greatest degree of reverence and respect.

For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.

The pursuit of holiness is always on the path of obedience to the Word, never apart from it.

I don't use any of the terminology like 'left wing' and 'right wing.' I use language like 'godly' and 'holiness.'

Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God.

Only when I focus on the holiness and glory of God am I able to see myself with accuracy.

Our Catholic schools exist to help young people attain holiness in their lives, that is, to become saints.

Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the sacrifice of Christ and made an heir of heaven.

Each being is sacred - meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the value of another being.

It is the holiness of our Lord's heart that fills the New Testament full and makes it the unparalleled and unapproachable Book that it is.

Happiness comes from holiness. You can't truly be happy unless you're hungry for Jesus Christ.