Repentance Quotes

Grace has as much to say about endings as it does about beginnings.

One very difficult aspect of sin is that my sin never feels like sin to me. My sin feels like life to me, plain and simple. My heart is an idol factory, and my mind is an excuse-making factory.

If one night you see someone committing a sin, tomorrow do not look at him as a sinner. He may have repented during the night and you did not know.

This is the worst thing about poisons and deadly sins - that we enjoy them.

Repentance is a result of God's kindness, not a prerequisite to it.

It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors

...I committed a sin the day I refused you - I discovered metal inside me where my heart should be - forgive me, Love, for acting on principles...

The author emphasizes the importance of self-forgetfulness when his statistics were marred by a bad outing. He forgot all of that outing to such an extent that he quipped, "What was my name?

The most serious will miss heaven, the unserious rebel will repent in the last hour.

A missed opportunity repentance only leaves behind

If you truly wish to change what is without, you must first change what festers within.

He who has never tasted jail Lives well within the legal pale, While he who's served a heavy sentence Renews the racket, not repentance.

Repentance is the highest form of worship that a man can give to God.

... Of his sins [Heavenly Father] does not want [man] to think [on them] too much: once they are repented, the sooner the man turns his attention outward, the better [Heavenly Father] is pleased.

Do not cry over the past mistakes. Laugh over the events in time. Make things right now.

Regret drives us to repentance, and repentance leads us to God.

There is a wide distinction between confessing sin as a culprit, and confessing sin as a child. The Father's bosom is the place for penitent confessions.

The big idea here is not, have you sinned, but are you changing?

Repentance is root of regeneration.

God grows the Church through holiness in Christians.

When true repentance occurs and lifestyles change, God can do marvelous works of restoration. Denying sin, however is not a characteristic of a repentant heart.

One of the big lies with sin is that we are already waist-deep and might as well just plunge in.

What good is praying in public if you as an individual do not follow The Teachings of GOD'S Prophets in The Holy Bible ? Repent !

I changed. I have been turning into a different person since that half-minute.

A vine bears three grapes, the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, and the third of repentance.

Your enemies are not to be destroyed, grant them longevity to witness your success.

We made mistakes trying to correct mistakes. Isn't that how we knew we were parents?

Remember, this type doesn’t really believe He’ll forgive them, by repenting they are trying to earn what they do not think, in any case, He will pay.

Change is inevitable! Repentance is the Christian constant!

Repentance is a softening of ones heart and a realigning of ones affections.

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking repentance.

There are people who are very resourceful At being remorseful And who apparently feel that the best way to make friends Is to do something terrible and then make amends.

He's half absolv'd Who has confess'd.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man without lowering him in his estimation and yours too.

The sinning is the best part of repentance.

Apologize v: to lay the foundation for a future offence.

Apology - a desperate habit and one that is rarely cured.

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy you can't build on it it's good only for wallowing in.

If I die I forgive you: if I recover we shall see.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

God will pardon me. It's his business.

I suppose you've heard all those wicked stories about me. Well I've lived my life as it came and I've done bloody marvels with a bad hand.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness not to sin offers only punishment.

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.