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Holiness purifies our lives.
A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
no saint goes without sinning, and no sinner goes without having some saintly qualities. You can judge one for their mistakes, or you can love them for the flaws they try to correct.
Great faith, Great spirit.
To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
To be a saint is the exception; to be a just person is the rule. Err, stumble, commit sin, but be one of the just.
The peace of mind which permeates the saint's atmosphere is the only means by which the seeker understands the greatness of the saint.
Where there is faith there is an awareness of holiness.
When you live in holiness, when you really try to stop sinning, you become braver. You become more courageous, you become a man of your word. You become a man of conviction that you're not willing to sell out and you're really a true knight in shining armour.
Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.
As I read the Bible, I seem to find holiness to be [Christ's] supreme attribute.
Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me.
Of courtesy, it is much less Than courage of heart or holiness, Yet in my walks it seems to me That the Grace of God is in courtesy.
The main quality of God is holiness.
Good deeds, good life.
In God, holiness and righteousness are the characteristics of the one Sublime, Sovereign Being, to whom no one can issue a command or lay down a law. In
Our Lord has created persons for all states in life, and in all of them we see people who who achieved sanctity by fulfilling their obligations well.
A saint realizes that it is God who engineers his circumstances; consequently there are no complaints, only unrestrained surrender to Jesus.
Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.
Humility is the ultimate standard of greatness in the Kingdom of God.
Holiness always exalts a person and brings him closer to God
Your holiness disarms your enemies and silences them.
Preferring the comforting messages of certain attributes of God, our lives have become a trifling with His holiness. We desperately need to regain this view of the highness and the holiness of God. His holiness is the ultimate clarity.
Truthfulness is godliness.
Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.
God's grace, mighty deeds.
Being a model to the world, eternal virtue will never falter in you, and you return to the boundless.
What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth?
It has been said that self-respect is the gate of heaven, and the most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to the latent force of character.
For godliness is not the consequence of your capacity to imitate God, but the consequence of His capacity to reproduce Himself in you; not self-righteousness, but Christ-righteousness; the righteousness which is by faith
Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.
The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a perfect manner. A constant fidelity in small things is a great and heroic virtue.
People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is stronger than the whole of hell.
Love, kindness, compassion and forgiveness are divine.
Holiness is the balance between my nature and the law of God as expressed in Jesus Christ.
Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.
Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as its end.
The righteous do not always do right, but their souls remain pure.
A saint isn't somebody who tries harder, but someone who trusts more.
When holiness emerges in any place and time, all men and women of good will are inspired.
Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ's cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner and never sees himself in any other way.
For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self.
Holiness starts inside a person, with a right purpose that seeks to express itself in a right performance.
Kindliness, friendliness, the courtesy of the heart, are ever-flowing streams of non egoistic impulses, and have given far more powerful assistance to culture than even those much more famous demonstrations which are called pity, mercy, and self-sacrifice.
There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
Sainthood's piety is made, refined, perfected, by prayer. The gospel moves with slow and timid pace when the saints are not at their prayers early and late and long.
When u have this spirit of excellence, u do the right thing always :even if no one is watching you.
The success of sainthood is the success attained by struggle and suffering and achieved by faith; a success of honor, of clean hands and pure heart, of service to man and glory to God.
Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.
Teresa [of Avila]'s story dismantles the common belief that all those chosen for sainthood are flawless in personality and character. Indeed, she would want us to consider her contradictions and struggles as integral to her sainthood.
One of the conditions necessary for constant success and prosperity is holiness
The secret behind every godly man and woman is their belief in the truth that they have been forgiven ... Even when they say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing, or have a wrong thought, they continue to be forgiveness-conscious.
If you want to be holy, be kind.
Humility is divine.
A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.
The great variety of moral qualities attributed to God by Scripture revolves particularly around two - holiness and love. These may be said in summary form to constitute the moral character of God
Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.
Courage is the most important spiritual quality.
a virtuous person,
A kind saint is worth more than a ruthless warrior.
Holiness is actually the true health of the person.
The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.
Holiness leads to wholeness and wholeness leads to happiness.
Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
The saint maintains his piety through the graphic imagination of other people's vices. We thank him for it. The saint's impossible perfection allows us to go on being gargoyles while keeping our faith alive. We admire him for it. The saint's silence covers far more than our interpretations of it.
Great men are great until they know it. Saints are holy until they know it.
We cannot be satisfied with our goodness after beholding the holiness of God.
To be a saint is to be a little out of one's mind, which is a very good thing to be a little out of from time to time. It is to live a life that is always giving itself away and yet is always full.
Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills.
With great humility brings great grace.
Holiness is made of dailiness, of living life as it comes to me, not as I insist it be.
Holiness through Christ's Spirit is the accountability every Christian should be striving towards.
My basic philosophy is that no human being is a saint.
Faithfulness and character are noble qualities that God honors.
Character primarily is honesty with God, ones-self, and others."
~R. Alan Woods [2013]
Holiness is the best means influencing people
Saints are what they are not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for them to admire everyone else.
strength and honor
A saint is someone whose life makes it easier to believe in God.
A stout heart, a clear conscience, and never despair.
No cowardice, no sin, no crime, no weakness - the rest will come of itself ...
The mercies of God make a sinner proud, but a saint humble.
Let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints we must live like them. Let us force ourselves to imitate their virtues, in particular humility and charity.
Faithfulness: where faith is full of necessary trusts!
Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.
Knight without fear and without reproach.
Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Scottish pastor and writer from the mid-1800s, said, "The greatest need of my congregation is my own personal holiness."1
The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.
It is possible for any man, by good deeds, to enshrine himself as a Saint in the hearts of the people.
Holiness requires continual effort on our part and continual nourishing and strengthening by the Spirit.
Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity.
Gently eliminating all obstacles to his own understanding, he constantly maintains his unconditional sincerity. His humility, perseverance, and adaptability evoke the response of the universe and fill him with divine light.
Righteousness exalts
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The more holy, the more humble.
Your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, 6 knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, 7 godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
Courtesy "Doth not behave itself unseemly." Unselfishness "Seeketh not its own." Good temper "Is not provoked." Guilelessness "Taketh not account of evil." Sincerity "Rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth.
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.