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Quotes About Holiness

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.
~ Johannes Tauler
God condemned sin in Christ, so that holiness might appear in us.
~ John Stott
Resolved, never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God; nor be, nor suffer it, if I can avoid it.
~ Jonathan Edwards
Isn't it interesting that God appears holy when he's gracious?
~ Joseph Prince
Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God.
~ Kevin DeYoung
You don't want to do anything that doesn't glorify God in every way.
~ Kevin James
Sin has a way of shrinking God down and puffing ourselves up.
~ Louie Giglio
All things are full of God.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
A dairymaid can milk cows to the glory of God
~ Martin Luther
Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick.
~ Pope Francis
The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.
~ Oswald Chambers
The whole idea of the prayers of the saints is that God's holiness, God's purpose, God's ways may be brought about irrespective of who comes or goes.
~ Oswald Chambers
If we would have God in the closet, God must have us out of the closet. There is no way of praying to God, but by living to God.
~ Edward McKendree Bounds
Holiness is not a series of do's and don'ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God.
~ Jerry Bridges
Waiting on God means increasing purity.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
~ Timothy Keller
Holy is the way God is. To be holy He does not conform to a standard. He IS that standard.
~ Aiden Wilson Tozer
If in our Saturday pursuits we're far from God's presence, we're not in very good shape to worship Him on Sunday.
~ Aiden Wilson Tozer
God is not pre-occupied with sin, He's already dealt with it.
~ Bill Johnson
Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of God's holiness and our sinfulness.
~ C. J. Mahaney
Through the lens of spirituality, we see all the commandments of God as invitations to blessings.
~ Dallin H. Oaks
The gospel shows a God far more holy than the legalist can bear, yet far more merciful than a humanist can conceive
~ Timothy Keller
We must reacquaint ourselves with the biblical weight of the problem that we less-than-perfect human beings contend with in the face of a holy and righteous God.
~ Tullian Tchividjian
My unrestrained commitment of myself to God gives the Holy Spirit the opportunity to grant to me the holiness of Jesus Christ.
~ Oswald Chambers