#sins

My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#enough #explain #parents #peculiarities #second

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue. ↗

— George A. Smith

#enthusiasm #ever #feels #god #made

The moment someone chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, his sins are wiped away, and he is adopted into God's family. That individual is set apart as a child of God, with a sacred purpose. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#apart #away #child #chooses #christ

Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

#afterwards #better #help #seeking #sins

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

#god #his #sins #teach #you

Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

#even #fall #grace #harm #inclined

I grabbed my mom and I went to the couch and I said, 'Mom I want to ask Jesus to come into my heart.' And I got on my knee and I asked Jesus to come into my heart, forgive me of my sins, and make me a child of God. ↗

— Tim Tebow

#asked #child #come #couch #forgive

Don't let your sins turn into bad habits. ↗

— Saint Teresa

#bad habits #habits #into #sins #turn

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying. ↗

— Indira Gandhi

#assassins #death #die #dying #fear

Well, I think it's because I'm an only daughter. I have four brothers, a bunch of guy cousins, and so it's like I was raised amongst men. So I've always gotten along really well with men. ↗

— Alicia Machado

#always #amongst #because #brothers #bunch