--- title: "11 Confess Sin Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Confess Sin quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Confess Sin sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/charles-spurgeon-82_confession_it-does-not-spoil-your-happiness-to-conf_2144831.png" --- > [It does not spoil your happiness to confess your sin. The unhappiness is in not making the confession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/it-does-not-spoil-your-happiness-to-confess-your-sin-the-unhappiness/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/charles-spurgeon-82_confession_it-does-not-spoil-your-happiness-to-conf_2144831.png) > [The church used to confess its sin, now it confesses its right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wilkerson/the-church-used-to-confess-its-sin-now-it-confesses-its-right/) [David Wilkerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wilkerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/david-wilkerson-3994_church_the-church-used-to-confess-its-sin-now-i_1462338.png) > [You dont go to hell for being gay unless you confess your sin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-dont-go-to-hell-for-being-gay-unless-you-confess-your-sin/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/anonymous-1_being-gay_you-dont-go-to-hell-for-being-gay-unless_58257.jpg) > [“Close your eyes, and with Jesus, journey back through your day. As you do, confess sin as you see it...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-idleman/close-your-eyes-and-with-jesus-journey-back-through-your-day-as-you/) [Kyle Idleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-idleman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/kyle-idleman-15296_close-your-eyes_close-your-eyes-and-with-jesus-journey-b_508095.jpg) > [It's harder to confess the sin that no one believes in Than the crime that everyone can appreciate. For the crime is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/it-s-harder-to-confess-the-sin-that-no-one-believes-in-than-the-crime/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/t-s-eliot-633_appreciate_it-s-harder-to-confess-the-sin-that-no-o_382014.png) > [“When it happens that I am more moved by the song than the thing which is sung, I confess that I sin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine-of-hippo/when-it-happens-that-i-am-more-moved-by-the-song-than-the-thing-which/) [St. Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine-of-hippo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/st-augustine-of-hippo-25936_music_when-it-happens-that-i-am-more-moved-by_1545347.jpg) > [“... no person can be his own saviour ... An individual must come before God in penitence, confess his sin and obtain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-harrison/no-person-can-be-his-own-saviour-an-individual-must-come-before-god/) [R.K. Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/r-k-harrison-77106_forgiveness_no-person-can-be-his-own-saviour-an-indi_1808220.jpg) > [If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He doesn't ask you to make it right; He only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/if-the-spirit-of-god-detects-anything-in-you-that-is-wrong-he-doesn-t/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/oswald-chambers-205_accepting_if-the-spirit-of-god-detects-anything-in_2082316.png) > [When I was a young boy, my father taught me that to be a good Catholic, I had to confess at church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fidel-castro/when-i-was-a-young-boy-my-father-taught-me-that-to-be-a-good-catholic/) [Fidel Castro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fidel-castro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/fidel-castro-2285_boys_when-i-was-a-young-boy-my-father-taught_2095208.jpg) > [“If I don’t teach Caleb that he doesn’t need to hide, he will become a master deceiver to keep up the image…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vanderstelt/if-i-don-t-teach-caleb-that-he-doesn-t-need-to-hide-he-will-become-a/) [Jeff Vanderstelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vanderstelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/jeff-vanderstelt-107463_faith-in-jesus_if-i-don-t-teach-caleb-that-he-doesn-t-n_2039005.jpg) > [“Take courage and confess your sin, says Luther, do not try to run away from it, but believe more boldly still. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/take-courage-and-confess-your-sin-says-luther-do-not-try-to-run-away/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_courage_take-courage-and-confess-your-sin-says-l_633000.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confess-sin/#itemlist", "name": "Confess Sin Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It does not spoil your happiness to confess your sin. 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