Repentance Quotes

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.

If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom keep it; if oppression found it, let repentance restore it; if thy parent left it, let thy virtues deserve it; so shall thy honor be safer, better and cheaper.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really know what repentance was or what I was required to repent of. It was indeed the turning point of my life.

The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral reform, and baptizing in the Jordan River those who responded.

Instead of a clear call for repentance we have been offered warms words of sentimentality for those who have shown no godly sorrow for their actions.

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

Such thinking -- in which the responsibility for repentance, restoration and healing falls exclusively on one side of a disagreement -- is not the way of reconciliation laid out for us by the Scripture.

We are announcing for the last time that we are opening the door to repentance and for those to return to righteousness,

The sinning is the best part of repentance

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame

Confession is the first step to repentance.

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.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

If you have sinned, do not lie down without repentance; for the want of repentance after one has sinned makes the heart yet harder and harder

Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking

Sudden friendship, sure repentance.

Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more`s a task too hard for mortals

Repentance is a grace of God`s Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed