Quotes about Sin

39 quotes about Sin

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Quote by William Shakespeare about sin

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the...

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.

Quote by Lester Bangs about sin

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self....

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

Quote by Pearl Bailey about sin

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about sin

I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and...

I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?

Quote by Armand Assante about sin

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this...

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about sin

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one...

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about sin

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be...

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about sin

If there is sin against life, it consists... in hoping...

If there is sin against life, it consists... in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

Quote by Albert Camus about sin

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a...

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about sin

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that...

Quote by Winston Churchill about sin

I look upon pride as a sin.

I look upon pride as a sin.

Quote by Tommy Lee Jones about sin

We are sinful not merely because we have eaten of the...

We are sinful not merely because we have eaten of the tree of knowledge, but also because we have not eaten of the tree of life.

Quote by Franz Kafka about sin

Humanity is the sin of God.

Humanity is the sin of God.

Quote by Theodore Parker about sin

Remorse is the pain of sin.

Remorse is the pain of sin.

Quote by Theodore Parker about sin

I have a sweet tooth for song and music, this is my...

I have a sweet tooth for song and music, this is my Polish sin.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about sin

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority...

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

Quote by Cesare Pavese about sin

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from...

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be.

Quote by Cesare Pavese about sin

I'm always suspicious of people who repent of other...

I'm always suspicious of people who repent of other people's sins.

Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen about sin

Childhood the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce about sin

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