To forsake sin, is to leave it without any thought reserved of returning to it again.
Christlike love is the greatest need we have on this planet. . . So if love is to be our watchword, as it must be, them by the word of Him who is love personified, we must forsake transgression and any hint of advocacy for it in others.
I will kneel and strike my breast, then touch the dust with my forehead; I will, I will. Only do not forsake me, oh god of beauty.
Is it not an amazing fact that while others leave us and forsake us, that God never does?
Unlike many Sixties rockers,[Bob] Dylan sang about getting old, about broken dreams. His return to roots music pointed the way for many of his contemporaries to forsake trying to sound 'current' and to instead make music that would stand the test of time.
This world and the world to come are two enemies. We cannot therefore be friends to both; but we must decide which we will forsake and which we will enjoy.
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
By my love and my hope I beseech you - do not forsake hero in your soul!
Lord God. . . use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all.
There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never forsake us as we trust in Him.
This was no friendship, to forsake your friend, To promise your support and at the end Abandon him-this was sheer treachery. Friend follows friend to hell and blasphemy- When sorrow comes one's true friends are found; In times of joy ten thousand gather round.
If you please man and never please God, you have nothing; if you please God and man forsakes you, you have everything.
Forsake search for needles that are so very small in haystacks that are so very large.
If you desire ease, forsake learning. If you desire learning, forsake ease.
Man must cast out of himself everything which separates him from God. He must will to live the divine life, and he must rise above all moral temptations; he must forsake every course of action that is not in accord with his highest ideals.
When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.
Forsake Alcohol, eat grapes instead!
It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
Have recourse trustfully to Gods loving kindness and He will not forsake you, for He longs to bestow His graces. Though you may have had the misfortune to offend Him, He is always ready to receive you, provided you return humbly to Him.
