Ronnie James Dio Quotes

Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin.

To me, evil comes when you have a choice between that and good, and you choose the wrong way.

From the days of Cain and Abel, we know all too well there will always be evil. But that evil shouldn't take away our freedoms.

The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on.

The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.

The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.

Evil isn't prejudiced. It doesn't care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It's up to you whether you give it that place.

There's always a ying-yang in life. With everybody. There's evil in all of us. It's just about how you balance out the evil and the good and having faith in yourself and how you carry yourself.

Everythings a choice. Nobody's born good. Nobody's born evil. It's always a choice.

Everybody's got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it's the choices we make that define who we really are.

You've got to walk and talk with God to go to heaven... I have the devil in me! If I didn't have, I'd be Christian!

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

There is good and there is bad in every human heart, and it is the struggle of life to conquer the bad with the good.

I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.

You know, we all can do bad, and we all can do good.

The will leadeth us to God, or to the devil; it availeth not whether thou hast the name of a Christian; salvation doth not consist therein.

I find myself evil. I believe in the devil as much as God. You can use either one to get things done.

How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.

Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.

You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan.

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.