Quotes about Repentance
For as the Good is only a single thing, so all ways lead to the Good, even the false ones: when the repentant one follows the same way back.
— Soren Kierkegaard
repentance and remorse. The one calls us forward.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Whatever stress some may lay upon it, a death-bed repentance is but a weak and slender plank to trust our all on.
— Laurence Sterne
I wished to be forgiven. 'It was always so in the eyes of God,' Shirah told me.
— Alice Hoffman
Jesus calls all sinners to repent. True repentance is not a nebulous response of sorrow; it requires definite actions. Repentance so transforms the mind that it results in a changed life. Repentance does not merely say "I'm sorry" (similar to what we say when we accidentally step on someone's foot). Rather, true repentance says from the heart, "I've been wrong and grieve over my sin, but now I see the truth, and I will change my ways accordingly.
— Joel Beeke
You cannot be in Christ and be indifferent to the sin in your life.
— Kevin DeYoung
Repentance is a rich biblical term that signifies an elemental transformation in someone's mind, heart, heart, and life.
— David Platt
Ye who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and intend to lead a new life.
— Anonymous
The Scripture moveth us, in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness.
— Anonymous
In Adam's fallWe sinned all.
— Anonymous
We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, Which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, By thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is intolerable.
— Anonymous
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
— Anonymous