Confession Quotes

435 Confession quotes by 341 unique authors

The way to cover our sin is to uncover it by confession. — Richard Sibbes
They talked so, with secret hearts, without needing words, talking of other things... They could have suddenly continued their confessions aloud, without ceasing to understand… — Emile Zola
I’m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things about myself and this world in which I… — Arthur Miller
Don't be afraid to go to the Sacrament of Confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives you. — Pope Francis
Women can have all the evidence but they still want the confession. — Chris Rock
But if we know that the people of God are first a fellowship of sinners, we are freed to hear the unconditional call of God's… — Richard J. Foster
I begin with confession not in order to feel miserable, rather to call to mind a reality I often ignore. When I acknowledge where I… — Philip Yancey
I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well as to followers… — Pope Francis
God is near at hand when you do approach Him in prayer. Oh, comforting truth! A God at hand to hear the softest breath of… — Octavius Winslow
Do not be afraid of Confession! One who is in line to confess himself feels all these things - even shame - but then, when… — Pope Francis
True repentance begins with KNOWLEDGE of sin. It goes on to work SORROW for sin. It leads to CONFESSION of sin before God. It shows… — J C Ryle
Anyone who has fallen into fornication, adultery or any other such bodily impurity, should desist from this revolting filth and cleanse himself through confession, tears,… — Gregory Palamas
He who is accustomed to give account of his life at confession here will not fear to give an answer at the terrible judgment-seat of… — John of Kronstadt
We fell silent and all joking ceased. We gazed mutely into each other's eyes and an intense longing for the fullest avowal of the truth… — Frederic Chopin
Holy Week is a good occasion to go to confession and to take up the right path again. — Pope Francis
I feel no disgust when I hear the confessions of those near their end, whose wounds are full of maggots...This may give you some idea… — Father Damien
The Party, as such, stands for positive Christianity, but does not bind itself in the matter of creed to any particular confession. — Adolf Hitler
Your confession must absolutely agree with the Word of God! — T. B. Joshua
If the church is to be faithful it must be formed andordered from the inside of its experience and confession and not by borrowing from… — Walter Brueggemann
That is what has been said in the media and at the trial. To this day nobody has produced one. There is no written confession,… — John Wayne Gacy
There exists a "fear of freedom" of selfhood, which makes people want to submerge themselves in the mass and confession is one of the obvious… — James A.C. Brown
Nearly every day on the television set the hero cop breaks into the bad guy's house and beats a confession out of him and we… — Gerry Spence
I've made a terrible confession to you, he concluded gloomily. Do appreciate it, gentlemen. And it's not enough, not enough to appreciate it, you must… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you… — Macaulay Culkin
I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me. — Alison Bechdel

Who Wrote These Confession Quotes

341 authors contributed a total of 435 Confession Quotes, led by these top contributors: