Repentance Quotes

401 quotes by 265 authors

Bad men are full of repentance. — Aristotle
The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change. — Ezra Taft Benson
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away… — Ezra Taft Benson
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment. — Jose Bergamin
Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. — Ambrose Bierce
Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. — Thomas Carlyle
There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance Âand aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life. — Abba Hillel Silver
Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, talents enough to need no… — Eric Milner-White
Confession without repentance is just bragging. — Herbert Eugene Bolton
True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your souls will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ, in His Law,… — George Whitefield
Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies. — Michel de Montaigne
Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it. — John Climacus
Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, but never turns back. — Bonnell Thornton
It may be doubted whether any repentance is genuine which is not repentance for sin rather than sins — Augustus Hopkins Strong
Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle. — Eric Zorn
The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reaped in age by pain. — Charles Caleb Colton
To fill the hour; that is happiness to fill the hour, and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects… — Abraham Lincoln
Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything. — Honore de Balzac
Repentance is another name for aspiration. — Henry Ward Beecher

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