“One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition. — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“He died, as the Spanish phrase has it, full of illusions. He had not had time in his life to lose any… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
True repentance includes sorrow for sin and contrition of heart. It breaks the heart with sighs and sobs and groans. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
We in the church have humility and contrition to offer the world, not a formula for success. Almost alone in our success-oriented… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
God is not looking for repayment, but repentance. What heals a broken relationship is sincere love and contrition. — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
We fancy that our afflictions are sent us directly from above; sometimes we think it in piety and contrition, but oftener in… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold… — Louis de Montfort Copy Share Image
“I divested myself of despair and fear when I came here. Now there is no more catching one's own eye in the… — Jane Kenyon Copy Share Image
Our preaching does not stop with the law. That would lead to wounding without binding up, striking down and not healing, killing… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Apologizing is different from begging, it doesn't change your status, go ahead and get on your knees, spill tears if you got… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I know California isn't a real destination. You can't get there from New Jersey, not simply by following a line drawn on… — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
I bet Richard Fuld doesn't have an ounce of contrition. It's just megalomania. When it's like that, you need rules to prevent… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
A fitting room to me has always been like a confessional ... where my body and my contrition take up the entire room. — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
'The want of proper examination, true contrition, and a firm purpose of amendment, is the cause of bad confessions, and of the… — Benedict Joseph Labre Copy Share Image
Pardon me, O perfections of my God, for having preferred imperfect and evil inclinations to Thee! Pardon me, O justice of my… — Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
A person repents when he comes to the place where he discovers that the will of God is the government of his… — Paris Reidhead Copy Share Image
The color of his pallor, however, was a curiously basic white - unmixed, that is, with the greens and yellows of guilt… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
God freely forgives us on account of Christnot on account of our works, contrition, confession, or satisfactions. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I own that it is a good deal of a mystery to me how judges, of all persons in the world, should… — Benjamin N. Cardozo Copy Share Image
Borderlines create the vicious circles they fear most. They become angry and drive the relationship to the breaking point, then switch to… — Theodore Millon Copy Share Image
