Quotes About Repent

Guidance only comes to the humble—to those who sorrow over their sin, and are prepared to listen and change; that is, repent. Faith

O my people! Ye have indeed wronged yourselves by your worship of the calf: so turn (in repentance) to your Maker, and slay yourselves (the wrongdoers); that will be better for you in the sight of your Maker.

Even if your life be bad do not live unknown, but be known, reform, repent; if you have virtue, be not utterly useless in life; if you are vicious, do not continue unreformed.

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.

I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of.

The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, THOU ART A PRIEST FOR EVER after the order of Melchizedek" (Psalm 110:4).

EVERY SIN CAUSES a special anxiety on the spirit, which can only be erased by repentance, which transforms the anxiety itself into inner security and courage. —RABBI ABRAHAM ISAAC KOOK (1865–1935)

The Glory of Israel will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.

Reading is perhaps the greatest pleasure you will have in life; the one you will think of longest, and repent of least.

The judgment of God against this nation will not be turned by a more conservative President, but by the repentance of its people.

Your job is the relentless pursuit of who God made you to be. And anything else you do is sin and you need to repent of it.

As a witness of the Savior, I exhort you to forgive any you feel may have offended you. If there is transgression, repent of it, that the Master may heal you.

Can you see why Jesus often began his teachings by saying "Repent!"? You know what repent means? It means to change your thinking, to see things in a new way, to have your mind renewed—all

Until you start thinking right, you will never start behaving right. Repentance always deals with the changing of the mind.

If you have an offense against me, do you know you can't repent of my sin? You can only plead your own personal pardon at the throne of God.

It is not unreasonable to want repentance from a wrongdoer before forgiving that wrongdoer, since, in the absence of repentance, hasty forgiveness may harm both the forgiver and the wrongdoer. The forgiver may be harmed by a failure to show self-respect. The wrongdoer may be harmed by being deprived of an important incentive - the desire to be forgiven - that could move him toward repentance and moral rebirth.

Your job is the relentless pursuit of who God made you to be. And anything else you do is sin and you need to repent of it.

In 1522, William Tyndale began translating the Greek New Testament into English. Tyndale had the audacity to actually translate the term ekklesia rather than superimpose the widely accepted German term kirche. Instead of church, he used the term congregation. If that wasn't offensive enough, the Greek text led him to use elder instead of priest and repent instead of do penance.11

There is no difficulty, no matter how serious, that cannot be overcome, but if you miss this chance, it might ruin your whole political life. Then it will be too late to repent.

I have often discovered how profitable it is to give sorrow an ethical expression, not to erase the aesthetic factor in sorrow but to master it ethically. As long as sorrow is quiet and humble, I do not fear it; if it becomes vehement and passionate, sophistical so that it deludes me into despondency, I arise, I brook no rebellion, I will have nothing in the world cheat me of what I have from God's hand as a gift of grace. I do not chase sorrow away, do not try to forget it, I repent.

I prefer to suffer than repent because I stand by my decision and capable enough top pay for it Or reap the beauty later.

In America the majority raises very formidable barriers to the liberty of opinion: within these barriers an author may write whatever he pleases, but he will repent it if he ever steps beyond them.

Prepare and prevent, don't repair and repent.

John the Baptist wasn't Catholic. He was the very first Baptist—everybody knows that." Sarah shook her head. "They called him 'the Baptist' because he baptized people, silly." I tapped my fingers on the table. "He swore off women, refused decent food and clothing, and was always yelling at people to repent. If that isn't Baptist, I don't know what is.