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
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
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
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
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
“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
“Any man who by repentance and a sincere return to God will break himself out of the mold in which he has… — A.W. Tozer 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
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
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
“How often do we hear from the local diocesan people—the bishop, the communications director, the victim assistance coordinator, and others—that this abuse… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
“It is not unreasonable to want repentance from a wrongdoer before forgiving that wrongdoer, since, in the absence of repentance, hasty forgiveness… — Jeffrie G. Murphy 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
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
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
“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
The way to the organic, active peace of brotherhood leads through the hearts of peacemakers who will knit together, with patience and… — H. Richard Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The greatest chastisement that a man may receive who hath outraged another, is to have done the outrage; and there is no… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
I believe that a great number of people are going to die and go to hell because they’re counting on their religiosity… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
“Certainly we should be very active in seeking God, and Jesus himself called us to 'ask, seek, knock' in order to find… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, when you get older the things you didn't understand when you were a child start to make sense. When this… — Fruits Basket Copy Share Image
“If we believe we are just being naughty in the classroom of life, how can we ever hear this beautiful invitation from… — Don Everts Copy Share Image
“The dysfunctional family relationships are disastrous. Poisonous. There can't be reconciliation. We cannot restore a destructive relationship with abusive siblings when they… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“Go and learn what this [Scripture] means: ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION [for those in distress], AND NOT [animal] SACRIFICE,’ for I did not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Repentance grows as faith grows. Do not make any mistake about it; repentance is not a thing of days and weeks, a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Repentance means to have a hearty, thorough, change of mind and it includes the idea of rejecting and renouncing the sinful, filthy… — Fred Phelps Copy Share Image
I am a patient man--always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance, and also to give ample time for repentance.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Change from the inside out involves a steadfast gaze upon our Lord that's life changing because it reflects a deep turning from… — Larry Crabb Copy Share Image
“Work in me more profound and abiding repentance; Give me the fullness of godly grief, that trembles and fears, yet ever trust… — Arthur Bennett 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
Vice leaves repentance in the soul, like an ulcer in the flesh, which is always scratching and lacerating itself; for reason effaces… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“There must be a great national heart-turning, or repentance to God as an immediate preparation for the kingdom as seen in the… — Lewis Sperry Chafer Copy Share Image
Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. Spicy court-memoirs, the lives of gallant ladies, recollections of an ex-nun,… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“After catching an arrow in the back and passing out in Tom the Feather’s barnyard, Hadrian had woken up on a comfortable… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
Rash, angry words, and spoken out of season, When passion has usurp'd the throne of reason, Have ruin'd many. Passion is unjust,… — Theognis of Megara Copy Share Image
Historical theology has too often failed to interpret repentance as a positive creative force. ... Essentially, if Christianity is to succeed in… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
The saints were people like all of us. Many of them came out of great sins, but by repentance they attained the… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
“The fallacy here? The subtle movement from seeing forsaking sin as the fruit of grace that is rooted in election, to making… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
Most Christians never associate joy with repentance. But repentance is actually the mother of all joy in Jesus. Without it, there can… — David Wilkerson 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/quotes/i/e34/dada-bhagwan-31_cause-and-effect_what-does-our-science-say-that-we-have-n_3094091.jpg)
![“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/i/3ea/gordon-b-hinckley-331_abuse_i-think-forgiveness-may-be-the-greatest_642724.png)
![“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/quotes/i/1aa/jean-paul-sartre-220_behind-you_but-your-crime-will-be-there-one-hundred_2620706.jpg)
![“Go and learn what this [Scripture] means: ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION [for those in distress], AND NOT [animal] SACRIFICE,’ for I did not come to call [to repentance] the [self-proclaimed] righteous [who see no need to change], but sinners [those who recognize their sin and actively seek forgiveness].”…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa2/anonymous-1_bible_go-and-learn-what-this-scripture-means-i_171280.jpg)
