The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Repentance is not just a turning to something, it's a turning from something.” — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“With repentance comes a change of mind that effects a change of direction, since one’s orientation of life is directed in faith… — Darrell L. Bock Copy Share Image
Virtue is the daughter of Religion; Repentance, her adopted child,--a poor orphan who, without the asylum which she offers, would not know… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Nor yet be overeager in pursuit of any thing; for the mercurial too often happen to leave judgment behind them, and sometimes… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Our repentances are generally not so much a concern and remorse for the harm we have done, as a fear of the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nowhere are the generosity and the kindness and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance. — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The judgment of God against this nation will not be turned by a more conservative President, but by the repentance of its… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Allah wanted the people who have made sins to turn from their sins and make up for them in order to be… — Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Copy Share Image
Is it not in accordance with divine order that every mortal is thrown into that situation where his hidden evils can be… — Anna Cora Mowatt Copy Share Image
“You can always somebody who is worse than you are to make you feel virtuous. It's a cheap shot: those awful terrorists,… — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
True repentance is no light matter. It is a thorough change of heart about sin, a change showing itself in godly sorrow… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“No matter how many sins you make or how slow you travel back toward God's valley, you are still way ahead of… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The opportunity of making happy is more scarce than we imagine; the punishment of missing it is, never to meet with it… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“They may call you "Stupid" because of what you've done in the past. Hey, you are going to be "Prominent" because of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I hear another man cry, “Oh, sir my want of strength lies mainly in this, that I cannot repent sufficiently!” A curious… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“A dying man asked a dying man for eternal life; a man without possessions asked a poor man for a Kingdom; a… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
The heart becomes sick, as the body becomes sick, and its remedy is al-Tawbah (repentance) and protection [from transgression]. It becomes rusty… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
“There is an eternal difference between regret and repentance. Regret feels bad about past sins. Repentance turns away from past sins. Regret… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“To go back and rehearse history, as painful as it may be, gives us the chance to face the actions and words… — Mae Elise Cannon Copy Share Image
“God's Grace is greater than all our sins. Repentance is one of the Christian's highest privileges. A repentant Christian focuses on God's… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. I have heard others, and I have heard myself, recounting cruelties and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We have seen some gatekeeping or fencing-the-table language already beginning to rear its head in this context. One needed to be baptized… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
“A sincere apology is analogous to authentic repentance". ~R. Alan Woods [2013]” — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
Repentance means you change your mind so deeply that it changes you. — Bruce Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Repentance is the key that unlocks the door to all that God has for us, but it is not easy. — James MacDonald Copy Share Image