Evelyn Waugh Quotes

I am a sinner....who's probably gonna sin again...Lord forgive me!

A lot of Mexican Catholic dogma, the way it's taught, it's about existing in a state of grace, which I found impossible to reconcile with the much darker view of the world and myself, even as a child.

I was about to be a preacher, but I was a sinner.

To us sin has not become any less of a mystery or a pain.

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

I was raised Catholic, so guilt shackles you from acting like a complete fool all the time.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance.

The sinner is at the heart of Christianity. No one is as competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. No one, except a saint.

Only sinners need saviors.

We must trust in the mighty power of God's mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.

The stool of repentance and the foot of the cross are the favorite positions of instructed Christians.

However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.

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!

I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would have called me home to himself before now.

I'm a sinner just like everybody else and I have my faults and I've been through my dark times in my life to where I wasn't walking the walk and talking the talk, or I may have been talking the talk, but I wasn't walking the walk.

If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love.

We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand.

The payment for sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided.

Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.

I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I knew when I got into the box that I would lie! Again!

I grew up Catholic. We went to confession on Saturday, stood in the shortest line, since it led to the priest who gave the easiest penance - usually a few Our Fathers and Hail Marys. We confessed in private, prayed our penance and our souls were clean.

We're all screwed up. And the way Christians mess things up is we act like we've got it going on. And if we would just stay in that place of, 'Hey, we're all screwed up and but for the grace of God, none of us have a shot here.' We need to have a sense of humor about it; that's kind of the way I've always faced my comedy.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.