quotes about Sin
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In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.
-- A. J. Jacobs -
Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak -
Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
-- Abraham Cowley -
It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin.
-- Abu Bakr -
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He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
-- Adam Clarke -
It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.
-- Adam ClarkeSource : Adam Clarke (1835). “Christian Theology”, p.201
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Don't let a little sin in; all hell will break loose.
-- Adrian Rogers -
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It's so much nicer to be a secret and delightful sin to anybody than to be a feather in his cap.
-- Agatha Christie -
Christian liberty is freedom from sin, not freedom to sin.
-- Aiden Wilson Tozer -
Cease to sin, because you will not meet Allah with anything [as valuable] as few sins.
-- Aisha bint Abi Bakr -
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Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
-- Alain-Rene LesageSource : "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book VII, Chapter 3, 1735.
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No sin which we are capable of committing has ever taken God by surprise for He knew we were just like that.
-- Alan Redpath -
He was expressing his certainty that my appeal would be granted, but I was carrying the burden of a sin from which I had to free myself. According to him, human justice was nothing and divine justice was everything. I pointed out it was the former that had condemned me.
-- Albert Camus -
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Marble, I perceive, covers a multitude of sins.
-- Aldous Huxley -
The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.
-- Aleister Crowley -
Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong; and the epitaph for the sinner is, "Thou fool!"
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
-- Alexander Pope -
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Nothing is a sin when you obey the orders of a priest
-- Alfred de Musset -
The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility.
-- Alfred RosenbergSource : "The Face of the Third Reich". Book by Joachim Fest, chapter 13, part 3, 1970.
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Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib -
The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib -
A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance.
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib -
Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards.
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib -
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Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.
-- Alice Walker -
It is in our forgiveness of other people’s sins against us that we reveal the fact that we have been truly forgiven by God.
-- Alistair BeggSource : Alistair Begg (2009). “The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances”, p.167, Moody Publishers
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As a result of grace, we have been saved from sin’s penalty. One day we will be saved from sin’s presence. In the meantime we are being saved from sin’s power.
-- Alistair BeggSource : Alistair Begg (2005). “Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith”, p.23, Moody Publishers
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We Christians are secure, realizing that even our failures and our sins are under His control.
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Saint Teresa, as the Roman Rota attests, never fell into any mortal sin; but still Our Lord showed her the place prepared for her in Hell; not because she deserved Hell, but because, had she not risen from the state of lukewarmness in which she lived, she would in the end have lost the grace of God and been damned.
-- Alphonsus Liguori -
Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin.
-- Ambrose -
True repentance is to cease from sin.
-- AmbroseSource : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 509, 1895.
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Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
-- Ambrose Bierce -
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Standing by and doing nothing while a sin is committed is as bad as committing the sin itself
-- Amish Tripathi -
Catch me, as if I have surely been out committing a violation against you, my sin of insisting on existing without you.
-- Ana CastilloSource : Ana Castillo (2008). “Loverboys”, p.87, W. W. Norton & Company
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Be strong enough to say this to yourself -Sins were mine, and so shall I have to pay for it
-- Anamika Mishra -
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Love God, Love people, and thoroughly hate sin. ☼ ♡ ✞
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If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly.
-- Angelina GrimkeSource : Sarah Grimke, Angelina Grimke (2015). “On Slavery and Abolitionism: Essays and Letters”, p.97, Penguin
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I don't hate homosexuals. I love homosexuals. It's the sin of homosexuality I hate.
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if I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation
-- Anne BronteSource : Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.170, Diversion Books
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there is no sin punished more implacably by nature than the sin of resistance to change.
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh -
People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin.
-- Anne Perry -
That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed.
-- Anne Rice -
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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
-- Anthony BourdainSource : Anthony Bourdain (2013). “Kitchen Confidential”, p.133, A&C Black
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Beckett does not believe in God, though he seems to imply that God has committed an unforgivable sin by not existing.
-- Anthony Burgess -
Although the sinner does not believe in Hell, he shall nevertheless go there if he has the misfortune to die in mortal sin.
-- Anthony Mary ClaretSource : St. Anthony Mary Claret “The Autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret”, TAN Books
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Between lovers, betrayal is always the worst sin.
-- Anthony Ryan -
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Since man's natural instincts lead him to sin, all men are sinners; and all sinners go to hell. If everyone goes to hell, then you will meet all your friends there.
-- Anton Szandor LaVey -
The unpublished manuscript is like an uncon-fessed sin that festers in the soul, corrupting and contaminating it.
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A mistake is something that you did thinking it was right but it was wrong. A sin is something that you know is wrong.
-- Anwar al-Awlaki -
No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.
-- Archibald AlexanderSource : Archibald Alexander (1857). “Practical Truths”
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Now, my friend, I beg you to consider that this blindness and unyielding hardness is the very core of your iniquity, and to be convinced that you are thus blind and stupid is true conviction of sin.
-- Archibald AlexanderSource : Archibald Alexander (1857). “Practical Truths”
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Is it a sin to hold something more important than your life? Should I be condemned for that?
-- Arina Tanemura -
I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?
-- Armand AssanteSource : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Brethren, the just man shall scarcely be saved. What, then, will become of the sinner?
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It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.
-- Arthur W. PinkSource : Arthur W Pink (2013). “Practical Christianity”, p.46, Lulu Press, Inc
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An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of sin, was never invented by any of Adam's descendents.
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It may be doubted whether any repentance is genuine which is not repentance for sin rather than sins
-- Augustus Hopkins StrongSource : Augustus Hopkins Strong (2014). “Systematic Theology : Volume II (Illustrated)”, p.323, Lulu Press, Inc
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The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.
-- Bayard Taylor -
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There is no greater sin than to be trop prononce.
-- Benjamin Disraeli -
Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
-- Benjamin Franklin -
Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
-- Benjamin Whichcote -
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He that does not repent, sins again.
-- Benjamin WhichcoteSource : Benjamin Whichcote, Anthony Tuckney (1753). “Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney”, p.100
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin.
-- Benmont Tench -
If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
-- Bernard of Clairvaux -
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When I found myself regarded as respectable, I began to wonder what sins I had committed. I must be very wicked, I thought. I began to engage in the most uncomfortable introspection.
-- Bertrand Russell -
Sin in the theater, I can observe now, is comparable to education in a university: it is there for those who wish to take advantage of it, but fewer do than you might suspect.
-- Billie BurkeSource : Billie Burke (2015). “With A Feather On My Nose”, p.33, Pickle Partners Publishing
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Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.
-- Billy Graham -
The cross shows us the seriousness of our sin-but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God.
-- Billy Graham -
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Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.
-- Billy Graham -
When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.
-- Billy Graham -
Sin then is not a toy with which to play but a terror to be shunned.
-- Billy Graham -
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The Bible teaches that all sin begins with sinful thinking.
-- Billy Graham -
One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.
-- Billy Sunday -
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We can only know God well when we know our own sin. And those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified Him but have glorified themselves.
-- Blaise Pascal -
Satan knows your name but he calls you by your sin.
-- Bob Beaudine -
Her profession's her religion, her sin is lifelessness.
-- Bob Dylan -
Charity is suppose to cover up for a multitude of sins.
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Just because you forgot about your sins, doesn't mean they have been forgiven.
-- Boonaa MohammedSource : Twitter post from Dec 14, 2011
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There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister.
-- Boyle RocheSource : c.1800 Debate on theAct of Union between Great Britain and Ireland, IrishHouse of Commons, quotedin SirJonahBarrington Personal Sketches and Recollections of his ownTimes (1827).
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I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
-- Brennan Manning -
Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.
-- Brent Weeks -
Will covers a multitude of flaws, just as love covers a multitude of sins.
-- Brent Weeks -
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It was no true prayer to beg forgiveness while choosing to sin.
-- Brent Weeks -
Pilate sentenced him due to fear, in accordance with the petition and intention of others. These people sentence him for their own advantage and without any fear, by dishonoring him through sin that they could abstain from, if they wanted. But they neither abstain from sin nor are they ashamed of their already committed sins, for they do not take into consideration their unworthiness of the kindness of the one whom they do not serve.
-- Bridget of Sweden -
Sin keeps a man from prayer, and prayer keeps a man from sin.
-- Brigham Young -
I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.
-- Brigham Young -