Quotes
Quotes about Sin
Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.
It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a crown. The sin lessens as the guilt increases.
The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
And from that luckless hour my tyrant fair Has led and turned me by a single hair.
And though it be a two-foot trout, 'Tis with a single hair pulled out.
She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair.
You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
I pray that every passing hour Your hearts may bruise and beat, I pray that every step you take May bruise and burn your feet.
I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat And the breeches and all that Are so queer.
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
Health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of: a blessing that money cannot buy.
Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I cause the widow's heart to sing for joy.
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
If you took all the sincerity in Hollywood and put it in the navel of a fruit fly, you'd still have room for three carraway seeds and a producer's heart. -Fred Allen.
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. -Thomas Paine.
My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed! -Anne Sullivan.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, then the singing bird will come. -Chinese proverb.
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts. -Lao Tzu.
Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second. -Vince Lombardi.
Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom. [Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]
God keeps a niche In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit He brake them to our faces, and denied That our close kisses should impair their white,-- I know we shall behold them raised, complete, The dust swept from their beauty, glorified, New Memnons singing in the great God-light.
