Quotes about sins
Charles Portis - True Grit
I am ready. I have repented my sins and soon I will be in heaven with Christ my savior. Now I must die like a man.
Ken Untener - The Little Black Book for Lent 2016: Six-minute reflections on the Weekday Gospels of Lent
I am a daughter, a son of God's, part of God's royal family. In the perspective of eternity, many things of this world are petty, beneath me: Vulgarity, stinginess, greed, grudges.
Anirban Bose - The Death of Mitali Dotto
The sins of men aren't confined to them. They travel like ripples over water, over many generations till someone gets revenge or finds forgiveness. You and I, we are all paying for our father's sins, aren't we?
John Kramer - Blythe
One of mankind’s greatest sins is inaction in the face of injustice.
Elizabeth Carlton - Chivalry's Code
What of your sins, Rogue? If the hero encountered you today, would he spare you a date with his sword?
Isabel Allende - Inés of My Soul
Nothing changes; we humans repeat the same sins over and over, eternally.
James Carlos Blake -
Pride has traditionally been regarded as the foremost of the Seven Deadly Sins, but it has rather obviously been overtaken by Greed.
M.T. Bass -
Impatience is the cardinal sin of youth.
Colleen Hoover - Hopeless
Lust is the best of all the deadly sins.
Warren Eyster - The Goblins of Eros
My eyes are my greatest sin.
Richelle E. Goodrich - Slaying Dragons
If all of our sins, bad habits, and poor choices were permanently inked into our skin like tattoos, we would all dress quite modestly.
Raheel Farooq -
The problem with human race is not that it errs, but that it does so repetitively.
Matthew Little - Hell in a Basket: A small collection of personal poems.
I'm going to Hell in a basketWeaved in from my sins,Like wickerWith little Wiccan tiesAs if I'm a witchAccused.
Pierce Brown - Red Rising
I cannot escape it, what I’ve done, no matter how far Ifollow the tunnel. I am alone with my sin. This is why they rule. The Peerless Scarredknow that dark deeds are carried through life. They cannot be outrun. They must beworn if one is to rule. This is their �rst lesson.
Edward Abbey - Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
But of the seven deadly sins, wrath is the healthiest - next only to lust.
Matthew Johnson - Irregular Verbs and Other Stories
We were all of us alone, kept wrapped up tight by our sins.
Jeffrey Fry -
Hell is not a place you go for your sins. It is where you are when you are not sharing the gifts you were given.
John Daniel Thieme - paulinskill hours and other poems
. . .the sorrows of the heart yearn to be erased, for one final atonementfinite and forgetting and whole—but time in its preservingwill not permit forgetting; destroyingonly when we can no longer begor argue with time to preserve the brief benisonsa few moments longer than our sins
R. Alan Woods - and Enable
There are sins much more serious than socio-pathologies which really are mental illnesses, whereas self-righteousness is an illness of the soul.
Habeeb Akande -
What happens in the dark should not be brought to light.
Zarina Bibi -
If you would accept that, you create your sins. Then perhaps, you will accept that Satan has no power over you.
Jim George -
God loves His people despite their sins and faults.
Bertrand Russell - The Conquest of Happiness
Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
K.W. Jeter - Infernal Devices
All men, reaching back to Adam in the Garden, plead Ignorance as their defence; when, if we were but honest, we would admit that the apple was hedged with every warning imaginable. So I too fell; perhaps all sins are not causes but effects, being the result of that first sin, Boredom.
Josh Stern - And That's Why I'm Single: What Good Is Having A Lucky Horseshoe Up Your Butt When The Horse Is Still Attached?
I'd die for your sins, but I'd probably enjoy them first
Elbert Hubbard -
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
Joseph Prince -
We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.
Robert Rainy -
The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church's testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all, but had been applied in various churches; perhaps, however, with no strict consistency.
Igor Stravinsky -
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
Jennifer Crusie - Strange Bedpersons
Values aren't buses," she said shortly. "They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are. And I'd rather be touchy-feely than morally bankrupt.
Bangambiki Habyarimana - The Great Pearl of Wisdom
It's a sin only if it harms you
Khaled Hosseini -
I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far. Someplace with no ghosts, no memories, and no sins.
J. Matthew Nespoli -
Nobody's truly free. Everyone is prisoner to a secret, a sin, a lie. It wasn't by accident that, in the Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key set the word "free" to a note so high nobody could attain it.
J. California Cooper - Some Soul to Keep
So everybody who talks about homosexuals as a damnation better look in a mirror and try to heal their own selves. Who they call homosexuals do, at least, act out of their love. That’s better than the hate a whole lot of people act out of.
Billy Graham - Billy Graham in Quotes
[The Bible] warns us about “the little foxes, that spoil the vines” [Song of Solomon 2:15 KJV]. This is a picture of the way “little” sinscan destroy our fruitfulness for the Lord.
Billy Graham - Billy Graham in Quotes
There are many new sinners today, but there aren’t any new sins, just the old ones clothed in different rags.
Billy Graham - Billy Graham in Quotes
When we use the word “sin,” we usually think of our misdeeds—actions or habits we know are wrong. But those are specific sins, and they are the result of sin, the deeper spiritual disease that infects our souls. Sin is the cause; sins are the effect.Sin is the tree; sins are the fruit. Sin is the disease; sins are the symptoms.
Billy Graham - Billy Graham in Quotes
The Gospel shows people their wounds and bestows on them love. It shows them their bondage and supplies the hammerto knock away their chains. It shows them their nakedness and provides them the garments of purity. It shows them their poverty and pours into their lives the wealth of heaven. It shows them their sins and points them to the Savior.
Anatole France -
All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins.
R. Alan Woods -
We are all sinners who have been saved by Grace. We have not been saved from sinning, but we have been redeemed despite it".~ R. Alan Woods [2012]
Tyler Perry -
Everybody's got skeletons in the closets. Every once in a while, you've got to open up the closet and the let the skeletons breathe. Half the time, the very thing you think is gonna destroy you or ruin you is the very thing that nobody cares about. My advice to people with skeletons is to dust them off every now and then-- as long as your closet's aint full of them. It's not good to have more than two or three.
Anna Godbersen - The Luxe
We see our sins reflected everywhere: in the pallor of our intimates’ faces, in the scratching of tree branches against windows, in the strange movements of everyday objects. These may be messages from God or tricks of the eye, but in neither case are we permitted to ignore them.
Susan Hill - Mrs de Winter
We are not punished for our sins, we are punished by them. We can't live with guilt for the whole of our lives..
Angelica Hopes -
Don't accuse others of your past, hidden guilt and sins." ~ Angelica Hopes, If I Could Tell You
Victoria Schwab - Our Dark Duet
If Verity's sins were knives, quick and vicious, then Prosperity's were poison. Slow, insidious, but just as deadly.
Flannery O'Connor - The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
From 15 to 18 is an age at which one is very sensitive to the sins of others, as I know from recollections of myself. At that age you don’t look for what is hidden. It is a sign of maturity not to be scandalized and to try to find explanations in charity.
Simon Holt - Soulstice
Our sins live with us for eternity, and that is perhaps the most frightening thing of all. - Sims
The Catholic Church - Catechism of the Catholic Church
1862 ...although we can judge that an act is in itself a grave offense, we must entrust judgment of persons to the justice and mercy of God.
Cassandra Clare - Clockwork Prince
One cannot judge a man for the sins of his family.
Frank Harris - Oscar Wilde
[Referring to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde] ... Will civilization never reach humane ideals? Will men always punish most severely the sins they do not understand and which hold forth for them no temptation? Did Jesus suffer in vain?
Gugu Mona -
God has forgiven and still forgives us when we repent from our sins, an indication that we are not called to sin, but to live in accordance with His will.
Lailah Gifty - Akita
There is consequence for every action.
Stephen King - The Green Mile
I'm rightly tired of the pain I hear and feel, boss. I'm tired of bein on the road, lonely as a robin in the rain. Not never havin no buddy to go on with or tell me where we's comin from or goin to or why. I'm tired of people bein ugly to each other. It feels like pieces of glass in my head. I'm tired of all the times I've wanted to help and couldn't. I'm tired of bein in the dark. Mostly it's the pain. There's too much. If I could end it, I would. But I can't.
Andrew Mayne - Name of the Devil:
Dwelling on the sins of the past won't help us stop the evils of the present.
John Connolly -
You have to understand that only the very worst end up here: the ones whose anger made them kill, and who felt no sorrow or guilt after the act; those so obsessed with themselves that they turned their backs on the sufferings of others, and left them in pain; those whose greed meant that others starved and died. Such souls belong here, because they would find no peace elsewhere. In this place, they are understood. In this place, their faults have meaning. In this place, they belong.
Akshay Vasu -
They celebrated the sins, while the kindness continued to weep in the corner. The swords of the demons shined brighter, while the wings of the angels were crumpled and bled.
Steven Pinker - The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
More to the point, what was the lesson that the first Christians drew from crucifixion? Today such a barbarity might galvanize people into opposing brutal regimes, or demanding that such torture never again be inflicted on a living creature. But those weren´t the lessons the early Christians drew at all. No, the execution of Jesus is The Good News, a necessary step in the most wonderful episode in history. In allowing the crucifixion to take place, God did the world an incalculable favor. Though
Thomas Goodwin - What Happens When I Pray
Ask God to make you like David: an intercessor, even in the midst of your own great sins and great needs.
Anthony T. Hincks -
Dad?" Jesus asked."Yes, son," God said."Why do people have sins?" Jesus asked."It's to remind them that they're human," God replied."But, wouldn't they be better off just being perfect?" Jesus now asked.God smiled, "Then they wouldn't learn anything," he said.
Billy Graham - Billy Graham in Quotes
There is a difference between sin and sins. Sin is the root sins are the fruit.
Raheel Farooq -
Everyone knows that evil should be avoided wherever possible few actually know where it is possible.
Israelmore Ayivor - Dream Big!: See Your Bigger Picture!
Regrets won't change anything. Don't Reject yourself. Just Refrain from what you did badly repent and move on.
Horace -
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
J.E.B. Spredemann - A Secret Encounter
I'll tell you what God did do. He sent Jesus to die on the cross so you could be saved. To forgive your sins. That doesn't sound like condemnation that sounds like hope.
Sunday Adelaja -
True deliverers identify themselves with the sins of their people they take the blames upon themselves
Lailah Gifty Akita -
Why I love Jesus Christ He saved me from my sins.
Kin Hubbard -
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Kerrelyn Sparks - How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire
The first time you tried to save people, you were certain of victory?""Yes. In my pride, I knew I could not fail.""Then, in your mind, you were risking nothing. Are you certain of victory tonight?"Roman stared into the darkness of the booth. "No, I am not.""Then why are you risking your life?"Tears filled his eyes. "I cannot bear for them to risk their own. I...love them."The priest took a deep breath. "Then you have your answer. You do this not out of pride, but out of love. And since love come
Lailah Gifty Akita -
If we repent, the Lord will forgive us.
Nilesh Rathod - Destiny of Shattered Dreams
How can I seek forgiveness for sins I haven't committed yet?
Lailah Gifty Akita -
I have acted foolishly, father forgive me.
C. JoyBell C. -
Let go of the mistakes and the sins of others. You'll have plenty of time to make your own mistakes, the rest of your life to commit your own sins.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko - Stolen Apples
How can the confessor teach/ those who are lost and sick at heart,/ when he himself, among the sinners,/ is worst, and most forsaken?/ It is only a game we play/ with other people's sins./ Besides, everyone knows/ that everyone lies confessing.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
I felt the faith of being, when my sins were washed by blood of holy Lamb, Jesus Christ, holy sacrifice.
Jim Carroll - Fear of Dreaming: The Selected Poems
I'll Die For Your Sins If You Live For mine.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Acts 3:19
Israelmore Ayivor - Six Words Inspiration
Jesus’s awake. Shame unto the storm!
Lailah Gifty Akita -
Without repentance, there is no remission of sins.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
The gospel of Christ Jesus is the grace of salvation of souls.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
You must first feel sorry for your sins, to seek the free gift of grace of salvation.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
The Lord is calling us to turn from evil. And return to Him in repentance.
Sunday Adelaja -
Regular people wait for someone to take their sins, while deliverers take the sins of the people upon themselves
Han Nolan - Pregnant Pause
And she didn't once say anything about this being a sin. It used to be I got the word sin slapped in my face every time I did something wrong, but come on, when you live in a sin-free family with sin-free parents and a sin-free sister, well, you can't help but sin a little extra on their behalf.
Debra Dunbar - A Demon Bound
He shook his head in exasperation. “Are you sure you’re not a Succubus? You seem really obsessed with the sin of lust.”“It’s a good sin. I like gluttony an awful lot, too. Sloth has its moments, but I just don’t understand acedia at all. I mean, what the f**k is that anyway? Oh, and greed is good, to quote Gordon Gekko. Anger, envy and pride,” I ticked them off on my fingers. “I don’t often have much use for them. It’s a shortcoming that I’m hoping to correct in the next millennium or two. I’m n
Lailah Gifty Akita -
Christ JESUS was crucified on the cross for the sins of all souls.
Stanley Victor Paskavich -
I've heard many say "I'll sell my soul to the Devil"in hopes of gaining money, power or fame.Why do they think that they have that much worth over any other person?And the Devil if there is one wouldn't simply wait for them to condemn themselves on their own
Lailah Gifty Akita -
It is wise to know God forgives sins, if only turn to walk in the light.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
There is hope for the sinner to be made a saint.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
When we come near the light, all the darkness around us, shall disappears.
Lailah Gifty - Akita
Repentance brings restoration.
Suzy Kassem - Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
The sun's rays have vision and give us vision. However, it is the birds' eyes and the two invisible angels by your side that record everything. Nothing goes unnoticed throughout the universe. Wherever there is a vibration, there are eyes and ears. Some energies don't need ears or vision to see or hear, they can feel what is in your heart and tap into all your sins and fears.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
Everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
The Sacred Word of God shall sanctifies us of any wretchedness.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
The shame of sins!
Lailah Gifty Akita -
Wickedness is like cart ropes.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
Wickedness is a wrong action.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
God's grace of forgiveness is greater than all sins.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
God gives grace.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
Jesus Christ saves the sinner.