Quotes About Repentance

sorry finds no pray

Some plants of the bitterest root have the whitest and sweetest blossoms; so the bitterest wrong has the sweetest repentance.

Repentance is the turning of the soul from the way of midnight to the point of the coming sun.

When we have heartily repented of a wrong, we should let all the waves of forgetfulness roll over it, and go forward unburdened to meet the future.

Sin is sweet in the mouth and bitter in digestion. It lies hard on the stomach.

If one could wallow amid filth for half a life and then wash himself clean in a day, then sin would be no worse than dirt on the hands which water can cleanse in a minute. Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

The path of the sinner back to God is brighter and brighter all the way up to the smile of the face and the touch of the hand; and that is salvation.

Per quanto possiamo cambiare, dobbiamo sempre pagare per le cose che abbiamo fatto.

retribution [sic] for the wrongs I have committed.

I detest that fatuity of mind which believes that what is explained is also excused; I hate that vanity which finds it interesting to describe the harm that it has done, and asks to be pitied at the end of its recital, and, as it patrols with impunity among the ruins for which it is responsible, gives to self-analysis the time which should be given to repentance.

To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish.

Never chide for Anger, but Instruction. 290. He that corrects out of Passion, raises Revenge sooner than Repentance.

The amazing thing is that He loves you so much, and yet you're not always right with Him

I've done a lot of things that I regret.

I believe in the redemptive need to admit mistakes, express regret, and ask for forgiveness.

But You never reject a repentant and humble heart.

I hope when I'm on my deathbed, people forgive me, because there is a lot to forgive.

It's a horrible thing to realize what you've done.

You have to admit you're a jerk and that everything was all your fault." "So, like, what men are supposed to do in general," I said.

A los norteamericanos les chifla ver cómo se disculpan los pecadores.

I was rotten.

There are too many people claiming to be followers of Christ who lost sight of their own sinfulness years ago. If they attend worship on Sunday, they leave without ever having had the experience of brokenness and repentance before God that indicates true worship. This leads to substandard Christianity.

He had heard men talk of the unfairness of a death-bed repentance - as if it was an easy thing to break the habit of a life whether to do good or evil.

I suppose the confessional teaches a man to recognize hate.