Sinner Quotes

• Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “The Prose of Oscar Wilde”, p.641, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Good people don’t go to Heaven, forgiven people do.

  LeCrae

  People, Heaven, Good People

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• Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy.

  R. C. Sproul

  Giving, Joy, Sin

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• The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Dream, Future

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.568, Wordsworth Editions

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  Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

  Oscar Wilde

  Past, Judging, Judgemental

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• Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.

  Anthony de Mello

  People, Saint, Speak

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• We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.

  Dolly Parton

  Bunch, Do The Best

  "Dolly Parton: America has lost its 'morals, principles and values'" By Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2012.

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• Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before you at the very moment of his death, pass no judgment, because the judgment of God is hidden from men. It has happened that men have sinned greatly in the open but have done greater deeds in secret, so that those who would disparage them have been fooled, with smoke instead of sunlight in their eyes.

  John Climacus

  Christian, Eye, Men

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• Sinners think they are saints, but saints know they are sinners. 

  Peter Kreeft

  Thinking, Saint, Knows

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• Hate the sin, love the sinner.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Love, Inspirational, Spiritual

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• I am a sinner....who's probably gonna sin again...Lord forgive me!

  Kendrick Lamar

  Forgive Me, Forgiving, Sin

  Song: Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe

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• I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

  Pope Francis

  Literary Genre, Speech, Definitions

  Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.17, A&C Black

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• If you are unable to compete with the pious in their good
  deeds, compete with the sinful in their repentance.

  Ibn Rajab

  Religious, Islamic, Competition

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• They may call me a sinner, but I am at peace with myself.

  Brigitte Bardot

  May, Call Me

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• There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

  Blaise Pascal

  Men, Thinking, Righteous Living

  Blaise Pascal (1966). “Pascal Pensées”, Penguin Classics

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• There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

  Saint Augustine

  Past, Equality, Saint

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• If you're going to be a sinner, be the best sinner on the block.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Block, Being The Best, Ifs

  "Character: Anton LaVey". "Satanis: The Devil's Mass", www.imdb.com. 1970.

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• I only need a mirror to see a sinner.

  Alistair Begg

  Mirrors, Needs

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• There is no other group of sinners in the world that is organized for the purpose of transforming the society in its own image

  Scott Lively

  Gay, Groups, Purpose

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• no one is more trustworthy than the repentant sinner who has been found out.

  Ethel Smyth

  Trustworthy, Repentance, Found

  Ethel Smyth (1940). “What happened next”, Longmans, Green

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• Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

  Francis Quarles

  Heaven, Ears, Literature

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• 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.

  Ted Dekker

  Mirrors, Choices, Finding Yourself

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• The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Church, Science And Religion

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• The church is not a museum for pristine saints, but a hospital ward for broken sinners.

  Timothy Keller

  Museums, Broken, Church

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• Only sinners need saviors.

  Dan Barker

  Needs, Savior

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