Common Quote by Russell M. Nelson

Confession is a sacred rite enhanced by allegory, exaggeration, and lies.

— Craig Ferguson

Our confession will either imprison us or set us free. Our confession is the result of our believing, and our believing is the result…

— Kenneth E. Hagin

The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Religious people spend so much time with their confessors because they like to talk about themselves.

— Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

“When people walk in honesty about their fears, shortcomings, and needs—not in thoughtless disobedience but in grace-based freedom and forgiveness—they reveal a deep understanding…

— Matt Chandler

Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving…

— Pope John Paul II

“Confession is a difficult Discipline for us because we all too often view the believing community as a fellowship of saints before we see…

— Richard J. Foster

A spiritual law that few recognize is that our confession rules us. It is what we confess with our lips that really dominates our…

— F. F. Bosworth

Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul.

— Mignon McLaughlin

“Confession is a radical reliance on grace. A proclamation of our trust in God’s goodness. “What I did was bad,” we acknowledge, “but your…

— Max Lucado

Some there are who are much more ashamed of confessing a sin than of committing it.

— Marguerite de Navarre

The third big idea is that we confess our sins to someone close to us--a friend or our spouse. I don't mean a public…

— Ted Haggard