Repentance and yearning, and yearning and repentance: this is the total harvest of life. — Khurram Murad Copy Share Image
Hasty wrath and heedless hazardy do breed repentance late and lasting infamy. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Remorse is sorrow over being caught and the pain of consequences that follow. Repentance is not being concerned for ourselves but having… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Though man comes from the dust, sin is not a part of his nature. Man can overcome sin, and through repentance attain… — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance — Bible Copy Share Image
It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners… — Jesus Christ Copy Share Image
Repentance is not something God demands of you before He will take you back and which He could let you off if… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It may be doubted whether any repentance is genuine which is not repentance for sin rather than sins — Augustus Hopkins Strong Copy Share Image
People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative. — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Repentance allows God's mercy to come forth because it recognizes that the sin committed was against God. It also bares contriteness of… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
Those are not the tears of repentance!... Self-loathing is not sorrow. Yet it is good, for it marks a step in the… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“So in case someone left it out or forgot to mention it when they explained what it meant to be a Christian,… — Kyle Idleman Copy Share Image
When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
“The forgiveness of the Father doesn’t wait for us to demonstrate adequate, sincere repentance. It doesn’t let us humbly accept a servant… — Chad Bird Copy Share Image
Repentance is replete with radical implications for a fundamental change of mind not only turns us from the sinful past, but also… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
“Father Brown got to his feet, putting his hands behind him. 'Odd, isn't it,' he said, 'that a thief and a vagabond… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Repentance isn't doing something about my sin. It is admitting I can't do anything about my sin. It is trusting that only… — John S. Lynch Copy Share Image
I taught what was clear in Acts 11:26: SAVED = CHRISTIAN = DISCIPLE, simply meaning that you cannot be saved and you… — Kip McKean Copy Share Image
The saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not what we do in order… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Admittedly, repentance is not always easy; I suppose it would not be true repentance if it were. It can also take a… — David S. Baxter Copy Share Image
I think [forgiveness] may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed. There is so much of meanness and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“There is no more confused message that you and I could give to a lost and dying world than to live in… — Joe Focht 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
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
Real repentance means coming not only to be sorry for the consequences of sin but to hate sin itself. — William Barclay Copy Share Image
“You better preach... Preach repentance and remission Kingdom Talk Come On Holy Ghost And I mean preach even until every preacher gets… — Apostle Louis Gordon Jr Copy Share Image
Repentance is a thing that cannot be trifled with every day. Daily transgression and daily repentance is not that which is pleasing… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
In this life ain't no happy endings; Only pure beginnings followed by years of sinning and fake repentance. — J. Cole Copy Share Image
A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance. — Ali ibn Abi Talib 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, undergoing… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Every soul confined to a concentration camp of sin and guilt has a key to the gate. The adversary cannot hold them… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
“Rationalizing is the bringing of ideals down to the level of one's conduct. Repentance is the bringing of one's conduct up to… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, but never… — Bonnell Thornton Copy Share Image
If anyone feels his sins, let him come at once, straight, direct, not merely to church, or to the sacrament, or to… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Rationalization for bad choices will not be effective, but repentance will. Those who repent will be particularly blessed by the Atonement. — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
Repentance is like antiseptic. You pour antiseptic onto a wound and, at first, it stings. Then it heals. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Repentance is possible only when faith is present and where there is faith, repentance will also be found. Faith gives birth to… — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
![“I think [forgiveness] may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed. There is so much of meanness and abuse, of intolerance and hatred. There is so great a need for repentance and forgiveness. It is the great principle emphasized in all of scripture, both ancient and modern…” quote by Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ea/gordon-b-hinckley-331_abuse_i-think-forgiveness-may-be-the-greatest_642724.jpg)
