What Is A Sin Quotes

The indulgence of one sin opens the door to further sins. The indulgence of one sin diverts the soul from the use of those means by which all other sins should be resisted.

In conclusion it may be said that sin may be defined as lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state

A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.

Sin turns ugly and is subject to defeat only when seen in the light of Christ's beauty.

Sin makes man a coward; but a life in the Truth of Christ makes Him bold.

Vanity is my favourite sin.

Sin in a wicked man is like poison in a serpent; it is in its natural place.

Satan often paints sin with virtue's colors.

To infinite, ever present Love, all is Love, and there is no error, no sin sickness, nor death.

That sorrow for sin that keeps the soul from looking towards the mercy seat is a sinful sorrow.

Our best works are shot through with sin and contain something for which we need to be forgiven.

Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.

There is something sadly wrong when it is more important to us whether others are a part of our denomination, rather than whether they repent of sin, believe on Christ and live holy lives.

In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still, In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I do not dare to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.

Family prayer is the greatest deterrent to sin, and hence the most beneficent provider of joy and happiness. The old saying is yet true: 'The family that prays together stays together.'

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.

Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Dread is a womanish debility in which freedom swoons. Psychologically speaking, the fall into sin always occurs in impotence. But dread is at the same time the most egotistic thing.

The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves.

When God forgives our sin, he is not changing his mind about us; he is changing our mind about him.

As the salt flavors every drop in the Atlantic, so does sin affect every atom of our nature. It is so sadly there, so abundantly there, that if you cannot detect it, you are deceived.

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon.

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.

The seed of every sin is in every heart.

Birds never sing in caves.

It is no sin to doubt some things, but it may be fatal to believe everything.

Every time that we sin, we are born of the devil. But every time that we do good, we are born of God.

The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.

Grace does not overlook sin, it empowers righteousness!

He who repents his sin and acknowledges it, is forgiven.

He who confesses magic or sorcery shall do penance for the time of murder, and shall be treated in the same manner as he who convicts himself of this sin.

Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.

We venture to make the assertion that there is but one sin: IGNORANCE, and but one salvation: APPLIED KNOWLEDGE.

Indifferent acts are judged by their ends sins are judged by themselves.

I believe ingratitude is the original sin. I believe if Adam and Eve had been grateful for the garden of Eden they had, they would not have been so focused on the one tree they didn't have.

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

We desperately need each other in the daily fight to follow Christ in a world that's full of sin.

Time ain’t nothing, but time. It’s a verse with no rhyme, And it all come down to you. «El tiempo solo es tiempo. Es un verso sin rima, y todo depende de ti.»

The best thing that could ever happen to any one of us is that all our sins would be broadcast on the 5 o' clock news.

Sluggish idleness--the nurse of sin.

He looked good, like sin in a suit.

The biggest sin against the poor and the hungry is perhaps indifference, making believe we do not see, passing by on the other side of the street.

Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

If we do not understand our sin, we will not understand the kind of savior we need.

True repentance hates the sin, and not merely the penalty; and it hates the sin most of all because it has discovered and felt God's love.