Holiness Quotes - Page 8

The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure

Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God

It is just as important to trust God as it is to obey Him. When we disobey God we defy His authority and despise His holiness. But when we fail to trust God we doubt His sovereignty and question His goodness.

He cleared his throat and reminded himself that if you pissed Her Holiness off, they'd need barbecue tongs to pick up your steaming pieces.

Magnify the divine mystery and the holiness of mankind.

Even the merest gesture is holy if it is filled with faith.

I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were right in their conditions.

Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of God’s holiness and our sinfulness.

You know how I always say that laughter is carbonated holiness? Well, Robin was the ultimate proof of that, and bubbles are spirit made visible.

Real faith invariably produces holiness of heart and righteousness of life.

The cross of Jesus Christ represents the intersection of God's love and God's holiness.

The preaching that ignores the doctrine of Hell lowers the holiness of God and degrades the work of Christ.

Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly good, and partaking of God's holiness.

Art is an affirmation of life, a rebuttal of death. And here we blunder into paradox again, for during the creation of any form of art, art which affirms the value and the holiness of life, the artist must die. To serve a work of art, great or small, is to die, to die to self.

The path to holiness lies through questioning everything.

The heads (Plural) of the Gods appointed one God for us; and when you take that view of the subject, it sets one free to see all the beauty, holiness and perfection of the Gods.

God makes provision for our holiness, but He gives us the responsibility of using those provisions.

I see history in Pentateuch. I see revealed truth in it. I see in it human holiness as much as divine inspiration. Wherever you open it, any page, you know that you are in the presence of something that exists nowhere else.

In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.

We have no inherent holiness. We are holy as we are possessed by the Holy Presence. We are holy in His holiness, loving in His love, strong in His strength, tender in His tenderness, patient in His patience, calm in His peace, and consecrated in His consecration.

Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds and beggars our speech. We are enamored and enchanted by God's power. We stutter and stammer about God's holiness. We tremble before God's majesty... and yet, we grow squeamish and skittish before God's love.

Why would the disciples invent a God whose holiness was more terrifying than the forces of nature that provoked them to invent a god in the first place?

All are called to holiness, and holy people alone can renew humanity.

Holiness is not a privilege of a few but a need for all.

One thing I learned from his holiness the Dali Lama is the importance of humor.