#sin

Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying ‘renew yourselves’ from day to day. This is what we do with houses: we keep constantly repairing them as they wear old. You should do the same thing to yourself. Have you sinned today? Have you made your soul old? Do not despair, do not despond, but renew your soul by repentance, and tears, and Confession, and by doing good things. And never cease doing this. ↗

— John Chrysostom

#confession #sin #men

To those who rejected Him, righteousness would one day appear as a terrible justice; to the sinful men who accepted Him and allied themselves to His life, righteousness would show itself as mercy. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#pharisees #righteousness #sin #the-cross #men

It avails not, time nor place--distance avails not, I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence, Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt, Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd, Just as you are refresh'd by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, I was refresh'd, Just as you stand and lean on the rail, yet hurry with the swift current, I stood yet was hurried, Just as you look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick-stemm'd pipes of steamboats, I look'd. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#men

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#bring #closing #comfort #conversely #door

Life is like defusing a bomb, once you cut the wrong wire your whole life is ruined. ↗

— Mohamed Zahy Hussain

#defusing #examples #inspirational #life #moral

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#duty #expressed #freedom #great things #honor

Without knowing he was going to do it, Sonny smiled right at the general and said in a loud, firm voice, "It's okay. He's my brother, sir. ↗

— Dahl Edwardson

#inspirational #surprising #inspirational

The fifth gift is Hope. Through each passage and season, may you trust the goodness of life. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#character-building #goodness #hope #inspiration #inspirational

The seventh gift is Talent. May you discover your own special abilities and contribute them toward a better world. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#blessing #character-building #inspiration #self-worth #talent

May you hear the voice of wisdom. Listening, may you act with trust. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#healing #inner-guidance #inspiration #listening #wisdom