Confession Quotes

435 Confession quotes by 341 unique authors

Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying 'renew yourselves' from day to day.… — Saint John Chrysostom
Qu'ils mangent de la brioche. Let them eat cake. On being told that her people had no bread. Attributed to Marie-Antoinette, but remark is much… — Marie Antoinette
... we disallow papistical doctrines of free will, of works of supererogation, of merits, of the necessity of auricular confession, and satisfaction to God-wards. — Unknown Author
A soul does not benefit from the sacrament of confession if it is not humble. Pride keeps it in darkness. The soul neither knows how,… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
Christianity did not begin with a confession. It began with an invitation into friendship, into creating a new community, into forming relationships based on love… — Diana Butler Bass
Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, . . .… — Abraham Lincoln
Do not first announce action, and then, when you are unable to take action, withdraw, because you will only find yourself in the same position… — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
These pages are not my confession; theyâ€™re my definition. And I feel, as I begin to write it, that I can write it with some… — Fernando Pessoa
The word 'confession,' to me, means needing to be absolved. I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm not asking people to understand. I'd like to think… — Tori Amos
But . . . I may as well say what I should not otherwise have said, that I always knew in my heart Walt Whitmanâ€™s… — Gerard Manley Hopkins
Believest thou? then thou wilt speak boldly. Speakest thou boldy? then thou must suffer. Sufferest thou? then thou shalt be comforted. For faith, the confession… — Martin Luther
What matters to us is the revelation of the swindle, fraud, or defalcation. This makes known to the world that things have not been as… — Charles P. Kindleberger
Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us. — Russell M. Nelson
If we knew that we would meet the Lord tomorrow-through our premature death or through His unexpected coming-what would we do today? What confessions would… — Dallin H. Oaks
Certainly, I signed a statement that I killed two and a half million Jews. But I could just as well have said that it was… — Rudolf Hess
The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always waiting for its poet — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are many more languages than we think: and man betrays himself more often than he desires. How things speak! - but there are very… — Unknown Author
A true Christian will be sensitive to the sin in their life and it will lead them to brokenness and genuine confession, but the person… — Paul Washer
On the last day, God will not acquit us because our good works were good enough, but he will look for evidence that our good… — Kevin DeYoung
The current memoir craze has fostered the belief that confession is therapeutic, that therapy is redemptive and that redemption equals art, and it has encouraged… — Michiko Kakutani

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