Holiness Quotes

“A holy life is a voice; it speaks when the tongue is silent, and is either a constant attraction or a perpetual reproof.”

“O, to be more like God!”

“A holy person is a human being in whom the mystery of the God-man is no longer a paradox but a living reality.”

“The ultimate criterion of the truth of a theology is the holiness it produces.”

“The very name of a Christian should be a motive to all that is holy.”

“I believe that art must be holy. It is the sanctification of nature, of that nature found in all simple souls.”

“The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin.”

“The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space.”

“There is nothing that will so much commend religion as a holy life.”

“Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.”

“A holy life is a voice; it speaks when the tongue is silent, and is either a constant attraction or a perpetual reproof.”

“Holiness is no solitary, selfish thing.”

“Holiness is not a state, it is a direction.”

“All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless; it must be done by the Spirit.”

“Sanctity is not about being different from the rest of us. It’s about being more human than the rest of us.”

“The last thing I want to be is a nice person. I want to be a holy person. A nice person is a person who doesn't upset anyone. A holy person is a person who upsets the right people.”

“Holiness is found in the everyday, in the sanctification of the ordinary.”

“A holy life will produce the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns; they just shine.”

“No one is ever holy without suffering.”

“Where God is, all is holy.”