Sinning Quotes

• Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.

  Martin Luther

  Strange, Sin, Saved

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• A sinning man stops praying; a praying man stops sinning.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Men, Praying

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• We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin.

  C. S. Lewis

  Guilt, Doe, Facts

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.105, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it.

  John Owen

  World, Compromise, Sin

  John Owen (1862). “The Works of John Owen”, p.343

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• All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

  W. H. Auden

  Addiction, Damnation, Sin

  A Certain World (1970) "Hell"

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• Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously.

  Marie de France

  Anger, Wrath, Wish

  Marie de France (2014). “French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie de France”, p.218, The Floating Press

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• Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.

  J. C. Ryle

  Prayer, Sin, Choke

  J.C. Ryle (1853). “A call to prayer”, p.16, Рипол Классик

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• Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable sinning is not biblical grace. God's grace never encourages us to live in sin, on the contrary, it empowers us to say no to sin and yes to truth.

  Randy Alcorn

  Biblical, Empowering, Grace

  Randy Alcorn (2009). “The Grace and Truth Paradox: Responding with Christlike Balance”, p.82, Multnomah

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• Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

  Robert Southey

  Mean, Men, Evil

  Robert Southey (1831). “Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society”, p.221

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• Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Memorable, Sin

  1603 Escalus. Measure for Measure, act 2, sc.1, l.38.

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• After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Literature, Firsts, Sin

  Henry David Thoreau (1942). “Civil Disobedience”, p.8, Hayes Barton Press

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• Sin is essentially a departure from God.

  Martin Luther

  Departure, Sin

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• Man-like is it to fall into sin,
  Fiend-like is it to dwell therein;
  Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
  God-like is it all sin to leave.

  Friedrich von Logau

  Fall, Men, Grieving

  "'Sin' ('From the Sinngedichte of Friedrich von Logau')". Translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "Complete Poetical Works", www.bartleby.com. 1893.

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• We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin.

  C. S. Lewis

  Strange, Sin, Illusion

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.105, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Eye, Men

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• Within each of us exists the image of God, however disfigured and corrupted by sin it may presently be. God is able to recover this image through grace as we are conformed to Christ. Just as the figure of David lay hidden within the marble, discernible only to the eye of its creator, so the image of God (however tarnished by sin) lies within us, see and known by God Himself. Yet God loves us while we are still sinners. He doesn't have to wait until we stop sinning. Acceptance of His love is a major step along the road that leads to our liberation from the tyranny of sin.

  Alister E. McGrath

  Lying, Eye, Acceptance

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• One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.

  John Bunyan

  Ships, Sin, Leaks

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1684) pt. 2

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• Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.

  Francis Atterbury

  School, Affliction, Virtue

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• I am a man more sinned against than sinning

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Men, Sin

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. [57]

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• He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

  Thomas Fuller

  Fall, Men, Grieving

  Thomas Fuller (1831). “The Holy and Profane States: With Some Account of the Author and His Writings”, p.156

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• Suffering is better than sinning. There is more evil in a drop of sin than in an ocean of affliction. Better, burn for Christ, than turn from Christ.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Ocean, Evil, Suffering

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1889). “The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon”

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• Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

  Frank Moore Colby

  Country, Sin, Said

  Frank Moore Colby (1926). “The pursuit of humor and other essays”

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• Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Blessing, Being Thankful, Three Things

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• The secret of praying is praying in secret.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Prayer, Secret, Praying

  Leonard Ravenhill (2004). “Why Revival Tarries”, p.150, Bethany House

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

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Literature, World, Sin

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.214

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