#sinner

We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#because #bring #church #democracy #enough

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#grouch #hangs #his #jest #justification

The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#being #felt #had #i #like

The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed. ↗

— DeWitt Clinton

#confession #his #nor #priest #receive

However, we all sin by omission. Therefore, we are all sinners in constant need of a 'Savior'." ~R. Alan Woods [2010] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#omission #r-alan-woods #savior #sinners #sins

In my opinion, we will always be sinners in need of our Savior, Jesus Christ." ~R. Alan Woods [2007] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#redemption #savior #sinners #r-alan-woods

No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness. ↗

— Matthew Henry

#dreadful #god #his #his holiness #holiness

An industrious sinner I much prefer to a lazy saint. ↗

— Sophie Kerr

#industrious #lazy #much #prefer #saint

I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#inferno #italian-medieval-poetry #lustful #passion #reason

Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner," than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#catholicism #christianity #god #religion #sinners