97 Quotes About Sinners

Conviction, as uncomfortable as it may feel, is the mutual friend of sinner and saint.

As I recall, St. Paul stood by and held the coats of the men who were stoning him (Stephen). Apparently he wasn't a believer at the time. In fact, I think he was regarded as the most terrible enemy of the Church. And yet he later repented, didn't he? So I suggest you think of me, not as the enemy of God, but as an apostle who has not yet been stopped on the road to Damascus

Prevarication, how divine! I always did get along better with sinners.

A grave and dark-clad company," quoth Goodman Brown.

At present sinners banish the remembrance and thought of death, and thus seek for peace (although they never find it) by leading a life of sin; but when they shall be in the agonies of death, about to enter into eternity, "when distress cometh upon them, they will seek for peace, and there will be none," then can they no longer fly from their evil conscience; they will seek peace, but what peace can be found by a soul laden with sins, which sting it like so many vipers?

God can use impure vessels to serve his holiness

Siwaogopi wenye dhambi ndiyo maana ninawafundisha ukweli.

Wenye dhambi watafufuliwa na wataungana na Ibilisi kuipiga Yerusalemu Mpya itakayokuwa inang'inia hewani, huku Yesu na watakatifu wote wakiwa hawana silaha yoyote; lakini vilevile wakiwa hawapigwi kwa silaha yoyote.Shetani atakapoonekana kushindwa, Yesu atawasha ‘kibiriti cha kiroho’. Mafuta yote yaliyopo ardhini dunia nzima yatalipuka na kugeuza ardhi yote kuwa ziwa la moto, na hivyo wenye dhambi wote kupata aibu ya milele.

«Залежні, бо не визволились від власних гріхів. Знаю це по собі. Я теж у тій гріховній неволі довгі роки жила. Все лиш себе бачила, а не других, про рідний край не дбала, хотіла, щоб на моїм стало, хоч би світ перевернувся догори дном. А це гріх, це великий гріх, Мотре. Таких грішників у нас дуже багато, і тому й помремо, мабуть, у неволі, бо Господь закаменілих грішників тяжко карає».