To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Nobody can judge your sins anymore if you have repented and given these sins to Jesus. If they do judge you, then… — Albert Kang Copy Share Image
Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part… — Eric Zorn 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
The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“What does our science say, that we have no problems with you stealing, but do pratikraman for it, in this way [by… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
When a child can be brought to tears, not from fear of punishment, but from repentance for his offence, he needs no… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
“Sinners are not all dishonorable people, not by any means. But those who are dishonorable never really repent and never really reform.… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
When I repent, here is where it starts. I try to name my sin as honestly and as specifically as possible. Here… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Perpetually is the servant either the recipient of a blessing from Allaah, in which case he is need of gratitude; or he… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
A heart renewed--a loving heart--a penitent and humble heart--a heart broken and contrite, purified by love--that and only that is the rest… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
Tis not, to cry God mercy, or to sit And droop, or to confess that thou hast fail'd: 'Tis to bewail the… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Now repentance is no fun at all. It is something much harder than merely eating humble pie. It means unlearning all the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Repentance, as a natural feeling, is a common duty deserving no great praise: indeed, it is so generally mingled with a selfish… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“God does not require us to give up anything that it is for our best interest to retain. In all that He… — Ellen White Copy Share Image
I think that honesty in presenting the gospel goes out the window when you want people to respond to the message, but… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
“The world is full of men who want to be right, when actually the secret of a man's strength and his pathway… — Jim Anderson Copy Share Image
But [your crime] will be there, one hundred times denied, always there, dragging itself behind you. Then you will finally know that… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Do not sit down and try to pump up repentance from the dry well of a corrupt nature. It is contrary to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But all the while, there was one thing we most needed even from the start, and certainly will need from here on… — Robert Farrar Capon 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
What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them… — Ouida Copy Share Image
“He who has never tasted jail Lives well within the legal pale, While he who's served a heavy sentence Renews the racket,… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
Repentance must be something more than mere remorse for sins: it comprehends a change of nature befitting heaven. — Lew Wallace Copy Share Image
“You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found themselves knee deep in their… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Whatever stress some may lay upon it, a death-bed repentance is but a weak and slender plank to trust our all on. — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, 'Repent,' he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Repentance is like a cloudburst that cleans the penitent soul of sin and washes away hopelessness.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
[Repentance] means unlearning all the self-conceit and self -will that we have been training ourselves into... It means killing part of yourself,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Like most of those who are full of pride, he had no concept of repentance and apologizing to God.” — Benjamin L. Reynolds Copy Share Image
Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and… — Abba Hillel Silver Copy Share Image
“Repentance means change: Change in what you think, change in what you desire, change in what you do and say. It is… — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
Life is a slate where all our sins are written; from time to time we rub the sponge of repentance over it… — George Sand Copy Share Image
“To teach men that they possess the ability to turn from sin when they choose to do so is to hide the… — Iain H. Murray Copy Share Image
Confession should be a daily activity for the Christian, whose entire pilgrimage is characterized by the spirit of repentance. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
![“What does our science say, that we have no problems with you stealing, but do pratikraman for it, in this way [by way of Dadashri]. And this is the fruit (consequences) of whatever you are doing; which ‘we’ are disclosing to you.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e34/dada-bhagwan-31_cause-and-effect_what-does-our-science-say-that-we-have-n_3094091.jpg)
![“But [your crime] will be there, one hundred times denied, always there, dragging itself behind you. Then you will finally know that you have committed your life with one throw of the die, once and for all, and there is nothing you can do but tug our crime along until your death. Such is the law…” quote by Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1aa/jean-paul-sartre-220_behind-you_but-your-crime-will-be-there-one-hundred_2620706.jpg)
![“[Repentance] means unlearning all the self-conceit and self -will that we have been training ourselves into... It means killing part of yourself, under-going a kind of death.” quote by C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2e5/c-s-lewis-2-132_conceit_repentance-means-unlearning-all-the-self_758750.png)
