Confession Quotes

435 Confession quotes by 341 unique authors

Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will. — Alphonsus Liguori
Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith. — John of the Cross
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity. — John of the Cross
For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in… — Saint Augustine
That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelisation in this period of profound transformations, may be committed to announcing the… — Pope Benedict XVI
Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything. — Gregg Easterbrook
I longed that those who, I have reason to think, owe me ill will, might be eternally happy. It seemed refreshing to think of meeting… — David Brainerd
Ask Jesus to make you a saint. After all, only He can do that. Go to confession regularly and to Communion as often as you… — Dominic Savio
Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained… — Unknown Author
At the time of your examination(of sins) beware of the devil that ties your tongue. — Josemaria Escriva
'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it, and today more… — Josemaria Escriva
To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail. — Pope Gregory I
Our Lord Himself I saw in this venerable Sacrament . . . I felt as if my chains fell, as those of St. Peter at… — Elizabeth Ann Seton
'The want of proper examination, true contrition, and a firm purpose of amendment, is the cause of bad confessions, and of the ruin of souls.' — Benedict Joseph Labre
A man passes for that he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes, in letters of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn't mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our… — Erwin W. Lutzer
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. — Abraham Lincoln
If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I… — Emile M. Cioran
Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion. — Roland Barthes
The Galilean is not a favorite of mine. So far from owing him any thanks for his favor, I cannot avoid confessing that I owe… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Uncalled for excuses are practical confessions. — Charles Simmons
A clean confession combined with a promise never to commit the sin again, when offered before one who has the right to receive it, is… — Mahatma Gandhi
The United States has a system of taxation by confession — Hugo Black
Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession. — Leonard Cohen

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