Top 494 Sinner Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Although the sinner does not believe in Hell, he shall nevertheless go there if he has the misfortune to die in mortal sin.

My prayer to the Lord every day, is this-I have been a great sinner. I do not deserve Heaven. Let me stay here.

The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God.

The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past. No one is so good or bad as he imagines.

The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.

If He prayed who was without sin, how much more it becometh a sinner to pray!

God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because in his will he is united to God. At the same time, in His goodness he is merciful to the sinner and by chastising him in this life brings him back to the path of virtue. Similarly, a man of good and dispassionate judgment also loves all men equally. He loves the virtuous man because of his nature and the probity of his intention; and he loves the sinner, too, because of his nature and because in his compassion he pities him for foolishly stumbling in darkness.

It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit.

There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I'm the biggest sinner of them all.

Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.

However great a sinner may have been, if he shows himself devout to Mary he will never perish.

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

You go up to the devil and ask if he knows he's a sinner and he'll say, "Well, yes I am! And a mighty fine one at that!"

The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.” (August 9, 1955)

When I come before these men I do not have to explain that we are all sinners. They have committed every sin there is. All I have to tell them is that I, too, am a sinner.

We only fully grasp the gospel when we understand, as Paul did, that we are the worst sinner we know

You see what a poor sinner I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that reason it has been taken away.

And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth!

God have mercy on the sinner Who must write with no dinner, No gravy and no grub, No pewter and no pub, No bellyand no bowels, Only consonants and vowels.

God knows I'm no saint, but I don't think I'm more of a sinner than any other man.

If our zeal were true and genuine we should be much more angry with a sinner than a heretic.

It is healthy to say, 'Yes, I am a sinner,' and to recognise that this should lead us to turn to God full of confidence in his love and mercy.

Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed.

The Gospel is open to all; the most respectable sinner has no more claim on it than the worst.

Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.

Personally, I like to start my day off as a Saint and graduate to my Sinner self!

All I know is that I'm a sinner and that God has forgiven me of my sins. Because I put my faith and trust in Jesus Christ.

The sinner's ego is crude that of the saint refined, distilled. Careful! It may be more poisonous!

Brethren, the just man shall scarcely be saved. What, then, will become of the sinner?

Never does sin so reign in the Church or State, as when it has gained reputation,or, at least, is no disgrace to the sinner,nor is a matter od offence to we who behold it.

The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.

Since I am a great sinner, I cannot reject those who have been, provided they have good will.

The popular gospel of this day, is the laughing-stock of Hell; it dare neither damn the sinner, nor sanctify the saint.

The greater evil who is in- When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the pain Or he who pays for the sin?

I am a sinner, and I consider myself very fortunate to suffer something for the name of Jesus Christ.

It is a strange thing that both the injurer and the injured, the sinner and he who is sinned against, should find in the mass movement an escape from a blemished life.

Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, never quits his track.

Yes, I'm a miserable, wretched sinner, but He loves me. And to Him, I'm His child, and I can walk in that love and that understanding.

The very freedom which the sinner supposedly exercises in his self-indulgence is only another proof that he is ruled by the tyrant.

My past is no secret to anyone. I'm a blackguard and a sinner, and everyone knows it. These days, that's almost an asset to being a politician.

How can you admit that your only hope is divine grace and then throw condemnation at another sinner when you see them struggle?

It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity.

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

Whenever you preach, be sure that you lift the Saviour high and lay the sinner low.

I understand religion is a walk, it's a journey. And I fully recognize that I'm a sinner, just like you.

Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong; and the epitaph for the sinner is, "Thou fool!"

A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.

What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.

The law shows the distance that exists between God and man; the Gospel bridges that awful chasm and brings the sinner across it.

Death, a cause of terror to the sinner, is a blessed moment for him who has walked in the right path.

I would sooner bring one sinner to Jesus Christ than unravel all the mysteries of the divine Word, for salvation is the one thing we are to live for.

Envy, though not the greatest sin, is the only one that gives the sinner no pleasure at all, not even fake and temporary satisfaction.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.

Not only the guilt, but the love of sin, and its dominion, are taken away, subdued by grace, and cordially renounced by the believing pardoned sinner.

A true man of piety will consider himself a sinner and, therefore, untouchable.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

When a sinner has any just sense of his condition, as alienated from a holy God, he will not be apt to think of the unpardonable sin.

A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world.

Everybody's got some sin, but if it troubles your heart you're a gentle sinner, just a good soul gone wrong.