Saint Augustine Quotes

Jesus is never upset at sinners; he is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.

Sin recognized but that may keep us humble, But oh, it keeps us nasty.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

Self-righteousness is the fruit of a low view of God's law and a lite view of your own sin.

Sinners think they are saints, but saints know they are sinners.

The life of each and every one of us has been written. The crucifix is my autobiography. The blood is the ink. The nails the pen. The skin the parchment. On every line of that body I can trace my life. In the crown of thorns I can read my pride. In the hands that are dug with nails, I can read avarice and greed. In the flesh hanging from him like purple rags, I can read my lust. In feet that are fettered, I can find the times that I ran away and would not let him follow. Any sin that you can think of is written there.

There are two sorts of sick consciences, those that are not aware enough of sin and those that are not aware enough of pardon.

There are no unforgivable sins.

Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.

I'm not a god - I do bad things.

The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic background.

I have no quarrel with people seeing me as a sinner.

Only the sinner has the right to preach.

Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.

That which we call sin in others, we call experiment in ourselves.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Although I am a Christian, I am not even close to perfect.

For those of us on this planet who have never done wrong and are always right and are just down right 100% perfect all the time, life can be hard.

I know I'm a sinner.

Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility.

I am mindful that we're all sinners.

We have a generation of people who think they can stand before the judgment seat of God despite their sins.

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.

Too many think lightly of sin, and therefore think lightly of the Savior. He who has stood before his God, convicted and condemned, with the rope about his neck, is the man to weep for joy when he is pardoned, to hate the evil which has been forgiven him, and to live to the honor of the Redeemer by whose blood he has been cleansed.