Quotes about Holiness
There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy - that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights to the holiness of God.
— Pope John Paul II
In the godly, holy truths are conveyed by way of a taste; gracious men have a spiritual palate as well as a spiritual eye. Grace alters the spiritual taste.
— Richard Sibbes
A holy life is in itself a wonderful power, and will make up for many deficiencies; it is in fact the best sermon a man can ever deliver.
— Charles Spurgeon
That is the best baptism that leaves the man cleanest inside.
— Henry Ward Beecher
[Christ] does not give [men] light but from moment to moment; the instant He withdraws, all is darkness.... God does not give them a stock of holiness.
— John Wesley
Live in such a way that men may recognize that you have been with Jesus.
— Charles Spurgeon
The holy man was the whole man, the man of integrity, who not only tried to change the world, but to live in it as it was.
— Dorothy Day
We want more men and women who walk with God and before God, like Enoch and Abraham.
— JC Ryle
The sacraments infuse holiness into the terrain of man's humanity: they penetrate the soul and body, the femininity and masculinity of the personal subject, with the power of holiness.
— Pope John Paul II
Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts. He who doth not kill sin in this way takes no steps toward his journey's end.
— John Owen
By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
— Thomas a Kempis
Whatever call a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry.
— Charles Spurgeon