Top 1200 Deadly Sins Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

A critic recently described me, with deadly acuteness, as having 'a kindly dislike of my fellow-creatures.' Perhaps dread would have been nearer the mark than dislike; for man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.

The most genuine and efficacious charity is that which greases the paws of the priests; such charity covers a multitude of sins.

Can it be entirely accidental that the most famous fictional spy of them all, James Bond, Number 007, deadly marksman, intriguer, the ultimate man behind the curtain, sexual athlete and ruthless patriot, is also a Scot, as was the author, whose wish-fulfilment he was?

Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past.

Do you not weep? Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out. The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens.

The choking, sweltering, deadly, and killing rule of no rule; the consecration of cupidity and braying of folly, and dim stupidity and baseness, in most of the affairs of men. Slopshirts attainable three-halfpence cheaper by the ruin of living bodies and immortal souls.

I respect the Kennedy family. I respect their service. They do a tremendous amount of good. You don't blame the children for the sins of the father and all of that.

He that has learned to feel his sins, and to trust Christ as a Saviour, has learned the two hardest and greatest lessons in Christianity.

Paul sees all kinds of sins in himself and all kinds of accomplishments too, but he refuses to connect them with his identity.

Epidemiologists study patterns in order to combat infection. Stories about epidemics follow patterns, too. Stories arent often deadly, but they can be virulent: spreading fast, weakening resistance, wreaking havoc.

Some parts of the Bible are dreadful. In fact, my working title for The Sins of Scripture was "The Terrible Text of The Bible."

We thought it was our duty to go and warn people of the consequences of their sins, and I understood that to be the definition of loving our neighbour.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

I'm a firm believer in Jesus, that he died for our sins. That's something I want to stand for. I want to share that to the world. That's what we're called to do.

The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.

Our Redeemer took upon Himself all the sins, pains, infirmities, and sicknesses of all who have ever lived and will ever live.

Sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable...If we speak shame, it begins to wither. Just the way exposure to light was deadly for the gremlins, language and story bring light to shame and destroy it.

It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.

The importation and sale of marijuana is condemned and punished as a serious crime, but we accept as legitimate the manufacture and sale of an infinitely more addictive and deadly drug: the nicotine in cigarettes that cost the lives of 390,000 American citizens last year.

Solemnity in politicians is not only tiresome but may even mask those twin sins - self-righteousness and intolerance - for the opinions of others. If I couldn't laugh, I couldn't live, especially in politics.

He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness.

Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!

The risk of the Holocaust is not that it will be forgotten, but that it will be embalmed and surrounded by monuments and used to absolve all future sins.

The very purpose of Christ's coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas.

We are technologically ahead of Russia and China. We can develop a nuclear shield for the United States, for Poland, and for the Czech Republic. Russia is deadly frightened of that. They have been trying to get us to give that up for 20 years since [Ronald] Reagan.

Greater mischief happens often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition.

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.

Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins.

A woman who writes commits two sins; she increases the number of books, and decreases the number of women.

Is he not a God that showeth mercy and keepeth covenant? Of all sins, it seems to me that the sin of unbelief is the most dishonouring to God.

It may be doubted whether any repentance is genuine which is not repentance for sin rather than sins

Not only has the debt (of our sins) been fully paid, there is no possibility of ever going into debt again.

Jesus died for our sins, not our sexuality.

Poverty feeds into the clean-water crisis, which contributes to hunger, and so on. There's undeniable interconnectivity among these issues. Just one of these problems can be deadly on its own, but in the most disadvantaged areas there is a perfect storm of problems. And it takes its greatest toll on children.

They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race.

The more you see your own flaws and sins, the more precious, electrifying, and amazing God’s grace appears to you.

Shinsuke Nakamura is probably one of the best wrestlers I've ever been in the ring with. He's very unorthodox. Everything he does is with knockout power. He's a guy who is very flamboyant, so don't let his Michael Jackson antics fool you. This guy is deadly.

Who conquers indolence conquers all other hereditary sins.

If one's conscience is willing to confess whatever sins have been committed, including the sin of unbelief, it will be sorrowful in a godly way, earnestly desiring the mercy of God.

We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.

The sinner does not feel any remorse over his sins, that is because his heart is already dead

Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.

Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.

Any attempt to disturb the deadly routine of instruction is looked upon as sabotage. And the notion that the aims and functions of education should be determined in the local community by a close and continuous discussion among students, faculty, administration, and citizens is so visionary that it is not even seriously considered.

Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither.

If you believe in God you get to the point where (you feel) "Yeah, you know what, God forgave my sins but I still have to forgive myself."

In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.

Every civilization is founded on sins - every single one. Dispossession, violence, appropriation. What distinguishes civilizations are the ones who rise above it.

I dont like any of them, because they don't read the books. In Kiss Me Deadly my story is better than his story. Anthony Quinn played in The Lond Wait and he didn't read the book either.

Sharks have a deadly form of claustrophobia. It's not so much fear of enclosed spaces as it is inability to exist in them. No one knows why. Some say it's the metal in aquariums that throws their equilibrium off. But whatever it is, big sharks don't last long in captivity

Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.

Read the genealogy of Jesus, and you have to see how the four women in that genealogy God used their sins for His glory.

I spent my entire Irish Catholic youth in a constant state of guilt over imaginary sins. I learned that nothing is a sin as long as you don't take pleasure from it.

The only way to heal is to look at the Cross, to look at God Who takes upon Himself our sins: my sin is there.

Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause

This life is the only hell believers will ever know. But for those who die in their sins, this is their only heaven.

Why does no one confess his sins? Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams.