Quotes about Sin
You either stand for Jesus or you stand for all that He died to repudiate.
— George Barna
The road of gluttony leads straight to lust and, if traveled a little farther, to the loss of one's soul.
— Isabel Allende
A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness."
— John Wesley
The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
— Anonymous
Cruelty is the only sin.
— Ellen Glasgow
Jesus said, 'Judge not, lest ye be judged.' Let's stop trying to choose the political leaders who we believe are the most godly because, in reality, only God knows people's hearts. You and I don't, and we are all sinners.
— Jerry Falwell, Jr.
Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
— Teresa of Avila
Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.
— Ambrose of Milan
Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart.
— John Ortberg
I wouldn't venture to say which kind of sin is more prevalent. I wouldn't even want to try to characterize certain 'circles.'
— Timothy Keller
The spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God's loving presence and power in our midst are even more real.
— Brennan Manning