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Quotes About Repentance

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us.
~ Bible
Forgive us as we forgive- we are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it is to refuse Gods mercy for ourselves.
~ C. S. Lewis
True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
The rule is: we cannot really forgive ourselves unless we look at the failure in our past and call it by its right name.
~ Lewis B. Smedes
Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless.
~ Edward Gibbon
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
~ Jose Bergamin
Forgive that you may be forgiven.
~ Seneca the Younger
In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said seventy times seven. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.
~ Hillary Clinton
The unforgivable sin is the refusal to pardon.
~ George Santayana
The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness.
~ Pope Francis
What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood Is there not rain enough in the sweet heaves To wash it white as snow?
~ William Shakespeare
I could forgive the boy, now, if he'd committed a million sins!
~ Mark Twain
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
~ Seneca the Younger
There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It's to ask forgiveness armed only with, 'I'm sorry'.
~ Erma Bombeck
God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.
~ Jonathan Sacks
Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.
~ J. C. Macaulay
Repentance is a change of behavior which invites forgiveness.
~ Theodore M. Burton
Repentance is a blessing to all of us. We each need to feel the Savior's arms of mercy through the forgiveness of our sins.
~ Neil L. Andersen
For every sin there is forgiveness, and especially for the sins of youth.
~ Marcel Proust
We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't.
~ Elbert Hubbard
When we turn from our sin, and have the blessed forgiveness of the Almighty, then we can ask Him to run things, and let Him be in charge.
~ Jan Karon
No one is as good and merciful as the Lord. But even He does not forgive the unrepentant.
~ Marcus Eremita
It's not a problem that we're sinners; it's a problem that we aren't ashamed of our sin and don't seek forgiveness.
~ Pope Francis
He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness.
~ Marcus Eremita