Repentance Quotes

401 Repentance quotes by 257 unique authors

...in the course of our lives, the evil which in itself we seek most to shun, and which, when we are fallen into, is the… — Daniel Defoe
Couples don't fall out of love so much as they fall out of repentance. — Gary L. Thomas
The Atonement of Jesus Christ and the healing it offers do much more than provide the opportunity for repentance from sins. The Atonement also gives… — Dallin H. Oaks
[Biblical counseling] Must insist that the image of God is central to developing a solid view of personality; that our sinfulness, not how we've been… — Dan B. Allender
At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is… — Brennan Manning
Wooing, wedding, and repenting is as a Scotch jig, a measure, and a cinque-pace: the first suit is hot and hasty like a Scotch jig--and… — William Shakespeare
The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart. — C.S. Lewis
But all the while, there was one thing we most needed even from the start, and certainly will need from here on out into the… — Robert Farrar Capon
They have been eating muffins. That looks like repentance — Oscar Wilde
Those are not the tears of repentance!... Self-loathing is not sorrow. Yet it is good, for it marks a step in the way home, and… — George MacDonald
God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can be sure it… — John Ortberg
My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people;… — J C Ryle
How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble? — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them upon earth? --"Wanda — Ouida
Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a habit, it has… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
We need to ask God for forgiveness and do all we can to correct whatever harm our actions may have caused. Repentance means a change… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin. — Timothy Keller
There is little hope of the repentance and redemption of certain some until they have committed one or another of the many wrong things of… — George MacDonald
Sin is the willful transgression of divine law. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the gift of God to His children to correct and overcome… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Even our tears of repentance need to be washed in the blood of the Lamb. — Jerry Bridges
Repentance was never yet produced in any man's heart apart from the grace of God. As soon may you expect the leopard to regret the… — Charles Spurgeon
There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it. — Charles Spurgeon
If you are renewed by grace, and were to meet your old self, I am sure you would be very anxious to get out of… — Charles Spurgeon
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives… — Timothy Keller
I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of genuine remorse in the most… — Fyodor Dostoevsky

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