What Is A Sin Quotes

Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.

I do sin, but I am not the devil.

If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.

May we sit at the foot of the cross; and there learn what sin has done, what justice has done, what love has done.

In the beginning, sin is like a thread of a spider's web. But in the end, it becomes like the cable of a ship.

Only those who are truly aware of their sin can truly cherish grace.

The gospel of grace is not the license to sin. On the contrary, it is the power for them to sin no more!

The cross solved our problem by first revealing our real problem, our universal pattern of scapegoating and sacrificing others. The cross exposes forever the scene of our crime.

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

Think not of the sinner or the greatness of his sin, but think of the greatness of the Savior!

Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always moral. Try to be moral, try to be brave, try to be sympathising.

I think we all sin by needlessly disobeying the apostolic injunction to "rejoice" as much as by anything else

The main thing between you and God is not so much your sins; it's your damnable good works.

Where there is division, there is sin.

It is better to live poorly upon the fruits of God's goodness than live plentifully upon the products of our own sin.

Grace doesn't cause people to live in sin; it frees them from the paralyzing effects of guilt and condemnation so that they can live holier accidentally now than they ever did on purpose before.

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.

All good things were formerly bad things; every original sin has turned into an original virtue.

If I had 300 men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and were determined to know nothing among men but Jesus Christ and Him crucified, I would set the world on fire.

It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is more serious than the sin of revenge. With revenge, we return evil for evil, but with ingratitude, we return evil for good.

Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours.

Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.

No masters or kings when the ritual begins [making love] There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene Only then I am human Only then I am clean

There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.

I do not understand how a man can be a true believer, in whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow and trouble.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

If you have the courage to imitate Mary Magdalene in her sins, have the courage to imitate her penance!

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

Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to pride, to envy, anger and sloth; alms to covetousness.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

Jesus Christ is able to set us free because He has dealt with the sin that enslaves us.

True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin.

It is a sin to be a mocker.

I'm pretty, but not beautiful. I sin, but I'm not the devil. I'm good, but I'm not an angel.

The greatest sin a coach can commit is to allow kids to slide by. This goes for the classroom as well as the court

Your sin is not greater than God’s mercy.

The origin of every sin of the heart is love of this world.

It was Christ who willingly went to the cross, and it was our sins that took him there.

Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no sin. But politics is for serving the people.

Being afraid is the worst sin there is.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

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

People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all.

Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony

Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection.

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the book's outside, who ne'er look'd within?

Imperfection is inherited, therefore we all sin, but fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all because we all die in the end no matter how hard we fight.

She doesn't quite chop his head off. She makes a Pez dispenser out of him.