Quotes About Confession

You see.. I have this book. Within the pages of this book are things that I should've told you. I call this book "Hesitation".

Why are there no handsome priest in Paris? One has no inclination to confess anything to an ugly man.

That's really what all books are, isn't it? I mean, lists of secrets and things you only wish you'd done - a sort of deathbed confession where you're trying to get it all out while the lights are still on.

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

Yes, this... Urcheon... speaks the truth. Roegner did swear to give him that which he did not expect. It looks as if our lamented king was an oaf as far as a woman's affairs are concerned, and couldn't be trusted to count to nine. He confessed the truth on his death-bed, because he knew what I'd do to him if he'd admitted it earlier. He knew what a mother, whose child is disposed of so recklessly, is capable of.

With the Inquisition? But what will they accuse us of?' 'The problem isn't what they accuse us of.' Scharley's voice was extremely gloomy. 'The problem is what we confess to.

Once you've confessed to him that your root problem is that you're not getting your way and once you've completely thoroughly dumped your desires and anxiety on him you'll find it much easier to deal with the people in your life, regardless of whether they ever give you the recognition, love or credit you deserve, you'll find peace because you're no longer looking at these people to meet a need that only God can meet.

No son los aros religiosos por los cuales saltamos, las oraciones que oramos, los pecados que confesamos, o incluso el pan de la Santa Cena que nos comemos, lo que demuestra nuestro amor por el Padre.

we all have secrets. We've all done things of which we're ashamed.

As I told Piers Morgan, 'Catholics have confession, whereas Northern Irish Protestants only have interviews.'

You know, I've got a confession to make myself. I'm not really a priest, I've just got my shirt on backwards.

I have done some bad things - things I can't and won't talk about. Nothing that bad, but if that stuff was printed in the papers, they'd paint me as a bad guy. I couldn't be Tevin Campbell, Mr. Perfect. But I really don't want to be Tevin Campbell, Mr. Perfect.

Confessions are not processed or analysed; they're told in a moment of desperation to a priest or to somebody interrogating you about a crime.

Faith never makes a confession.

You didn't bury her. That's why we couldn't

He didn't have to maintain his pride or protect his image. I wasn't his parent or his priest, so he had no obligation to confess. I didn't judge him, so he had no reason to be defensive. I didn't expect him to be anyone, so he had no reason to be anyone but himself. He just needed to get those stories out, to purge an evil spirit.

You'll get tangles." Abby Crosswhite ran the brush through Tracy's hair, and she relaxed at the feel of bristles tickling her scalp. "I didn't read your diary. That was a mother's intuition. Nice admission of guilt, however. The next time Jack Frates comes over, tell him your

but somehow, with the wind and rain whipping around them, an air of the confessional had descended upon the house.

Promises aren't received by asking the Lord for them, trusting him to give them to us, or confessing them. They are the life that emanates from obeying his commandments—Wisdom.

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. – 1 John 4:15

I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned." – Luke 15:18

If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

began making his confession in the early hours of December 22, 1978, claiming that, since 1972, he had killed approximately 25 to 30 young men. He said that he either forced the victims into his car

Faced with the accusations, De Salvo admitted to breaking into over 400 apartments and assaulting over 300 women.