Samuel Rutherford Quotes

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.

The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters - self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

I'm here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.

Interest is the invention of Satan

… ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation, and selfish avarice

Avarice is a deadly sin.

Greed is the worst thing.

Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon Him.

The basis of all sin is selfishness.

Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.

The sin which is indulged to the greatest extent, which separates us from God and produces so many spiritual disorders, and which are contagious, is selfishness.

I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled, and thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.

Pride, envy, avarice—these sparks Have set on fire the hearts of all men.

The greatest enemy a man can have is his prosperity.

These are the meats to abstain from- others' wealth, others' wives, slander, envy, covetousness and pride.