Quotes about Deviation
The test of observance of Christ's teachings is our consciousness of our failure to attain an ideal perfection. The degree to which we draw near this perfection cannot be seen; all we can see is the extent of our deviation.
— Philip Yancey
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
— Psalm 119:118
I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
— Galatians 1:6
Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
— 2 Kings 3:3
All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
— Isaiah 65:2
because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
— Job 34:27
The love of freedom is actually an aberration.
— Dennis Prager
Love is who we are, and when we deviate from that love we're deviating from our ultimate, essential, eternal reality.
— Marianne Williamson
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
— Hosea 11:7
You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
— Psalm 119:21
Faith in faith is faith astray.
— AW Tozer
Nature provides exceptions to every rule.
— Margaret Fuller