Quotes about Purity
God would have us part with nothing for Him, but that which will damn us if we keep it.
— Thomas Watson
Until the heart is pure, all our holy things (that is, our religious duties) are polluted. They are but splendid sins!
— Thomas Watson
David was so pure in heart that he was a man after God's heart (Act 13:22). Abraham was so purified by faith that he was one of God's cabinet-counsel[51] (Gen 18:17). Moses was so holy that God spoke with him face to face.
— Thomas Watson
Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)? Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.
— Confucius
The refinements of passion, the extravagances of sensuality! And necessary, forever necessary, to burn out false shames and smelt out the heaviest ore of the body into purity. With the fire of sheer sensuality.
— DH Lawrence
There's something special about a kid's smile. I see in their faces what we all used to be before the world got hold of us.
— Charles Martin
My dear boy... anybody can be good in the country.
— Oscar Wilde
The moral code of Heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.
— Dale Carnegie
If I am married to Christ, the core of my present life is not personal happiness, but spiritual purity.
— Timothy Lane
There was something in his face that made one trust him at once. All the candour of youth was there, as well as youth's passionate purity. One felt that he had kept himself unspotted from the world.
— Oscar Wilde
Though your sins be as scarlet, yet I will make them as white as snow.
— Oscar Wilde