Top 1200 Repentance And Forgiveness Quotes & Sayings - Page 11

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.

When sins are dear to us we are too prone to slide into them again. The act of repentance itself is often sweetened with the thought that it clears our account for a repetition of the same sin.

Stories end in reverie, tragedy, or forgiveness.

Salvation is not a prayer you pray in a one-time ceremony and then move on from; salvation is a posture of repentance and faith that you begin in a moment and maintain for the rest of your life.

The opportunity of making happy is more scarce than we imagine; the punishment of missing it is, never to meet with it again; and the use we make of it leaves us an eternal sentiment of satisfaction or repentance.

For every sin there is forgiveness, and especially for the sins of youth.

Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly-and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing.

Forgiveness is the way to true health and happiness.

Disagreements don't cause disunity, a lack of forgiveness does.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness.

The truth is that we all need repentance. If we are capable of reason and past the age of eight, we all need the cleansing that comes through applying the full effects of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

Forgiveness is not a one-time-only event. It is a process.

There is a day coming when there will be a religion without repentance, a salvation without the Holy Ghost, a Heaven without Hell.

Love cannot last without a foundation of forgiveness.

Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.

The entrance into the Kingdom is through the panging pains of repentance crashing into a man's respectable goodness; then the Holy Ghost, who produces these agonies begins the formation of the Son God in the life.

Four marks of true repentance are: acknowledgement of wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution.

This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness.

The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.

And without forgiveness, there is never any peace.

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 in the father's arms the prodigal forgets the self he abominates.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

The power of forgiveness transcends personal relationships.

I am a minister and I preach forgiveness all time.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Repentance is not completed by a single act, it must be incorporated into our mind, till it become a fixed state, arising from a continual sense of our need of it.

Forgiveness means that you do not carry the baggage of an experience.

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

Tabasco sauce is to bachelor cooking what forgiveness is to sin.

But Jesus, our Advocate, presents an effectual plea in behalf of all who by repentance and faith have committed the keeping of their souls to Him.He pleads their cause, and by the mighty arguments of Calvary vanquishes their accuser.

The Atonement of Jesus Christ is powerful enough to reach out and cleanse you if you are repentant and give up your sinful behavior, but I urge you not to embark on that path because repentance is not easy.

I free myself from hatred through forgiveness and love.

Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one's will to God in deep humility.

This doctrine of forgiveness of sin is a premium on crime. Forgive us our sins means Let us continue in our iniquity. It is one of the most pernicious of doctrines, and one of the most fruitful sources of immorality. It has been the chief cause of making Christian nations the most immoral of nations. In teaching this doctrine Christ committed a sin for which his death did not atone, and which can never be forgiven. There is no forgiveness of sin. Every cause has its effect; every sinner must suffer the consequences of his sins.

There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.

Repentance is not something God demands of you before He will take you back and which He could let you off if He chose; it is simply a description of what going back is like.

Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance.

When you're betrayed there's a period of shame and then there's always forgiveness.

The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change.

I think one of the most important things in evolving is forgiveness.

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.

Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Never ask for permission, beg for forgiveness.

Forgiveness is just another name for freedom.

It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.

Break a pact. Accept forgiveness. Make a bet.

Forgiveness is the scent that the rose leaves on the heel that crushes it.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

The worst part of all is that, without forgiveness, bitterness is all that is left

Rationalization for bad choices will not be effective, but repentance will. Those who repent will be particularly blessed by the Atonement.

When the Idea, of any Pleasure strikes your Imagination... let that time be employed in making a just Computation between, the duration of the Pleasure, and that of the Repentance sure to follow it.

Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.

Forgiveness doesn't mean we have to pretend someone didn't hurt us.

Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.

Forgiveness is essential to health, growth, and healing.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Justice is only achieved in beautiful fullness when the oppressed has been elevated back to their rightful place, and when those who were guilty of the oppressing have experienced repentance, healing, and restoration as well.--justice is only achieved in beautiful fullness when the oppressed has been elevated back to their rightful place, and when those who were guilty of the oppressing have experienced repentance, healing, and restoration as well.

Don't ask permission to be happy. Don't beg for forgiveness. Just do it.