Overcoming Sin Quotes

#1. I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.

Harlan Coben

#2. The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown.

Shane Claiborne

#3. Though man comes from the dust, sin is not a part of his nature. Man can overcome sin, and through repentance attain to at-one-ment with his Maker.

Joseph Hertz

#4. Each temptation leaves us better or worse; neutrality is impossible.

Erwin W. Lutzer

#5. While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.

John Calvin

#6. Then I just slotted you right up high on my Gotta Find a Sister to Bitch at List.

Kristen Ashley

#7. God can break the chain of every sin that binds you if you are willing to give it up. He comes into your heart and gives you power to overcome sin.

Billy Graham

#8. True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness.

Whittaker Chambers

#9. The crucifix does not signify defeat or failure. It reveals to us the Love that overcomes evil and sin.

Pope Francis

#10. Welcome to vampire-ville." He chuckled.

S.L. Ross

#11. What I think about you, I will not be able to escape thinking about myself, and what I do to you, I will not be able to escape experiencing myself.

Marianne Williamson

#12. I'm such a relationship guy. I really am.

Lance Bass

#13. Overcoming sin, blessed though it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believers experience. There is nothing astonishing in it. Not to overcome sin is what ought to astonish us.

Watchman Nee

#14. It is no sin to be tempted; the wickedness lies in being overcome.

Honore De Balzac

#15. It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation ... either because I enjoy the prospect or because I'm not determined enough in my desire to overcome it.

Alistair Begg

#16. What Saint has ever won his crown without first contending for it?

Jerome

#17. If religion has nothing to do with poverty and misery; then why the Muslims are the largest charity takers of the world

M.F. Moonzajer

#18. Sin turns ugly and is subject to defeat only when seen in the light of Christ's beauty.

Sam Storms

#19. We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.

Alice Hoffman

#20. Because we are imperfect souls, our knowledge is imperfect. The history of learning is an adventure in overcoming our errors. There is no sin in being wrong. The sin is in our unwillingness to examine our own beliefs, and in believing that our authorities cannot be wrong.

Neil Postman

#21. I began a conversation with the heads of our esteemed department of political science, and instantly I concluded, 'Hopelessly incompetent!

Ira Carmen

#22. There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you.

Carol Grace

#23. Sin comes from not realizing God's love. Sin comes from thinking ourselves only as sinners, while overcoming sin comes from thinking ourselves as overcomers. We act our our perceived identities.

Peter Kreeft

#24. I've gotten nothing but warmth from the Black community and positive feedback.

Misty Copeland

#25. 'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.

William Penn