Top 1200 Repentance And Forgiveness Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Hasty counsels are generally followed by repentance.

I accepted the forgiveness of God. I got off track as an adult and because I believe in God's grace, I believe that gave me strength then to get that little part of my life realigned, to not play games about it, to confess it, to ask for forgiveness from God and ask others to forgive me as well and then move on.

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

True repentance always involves reform.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is accepted remorse.

As long as one lives he will have need of repentance.

Repentance is a rescuing, not a dour, doctrine.

They have been eating muffins. That looks like repentance

America didn't need repeal, she needed repentance!

Repentance is the biggest punishment of ideal man.

The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.

In order to receive forgiveness, we need to place our trust in Christ as our Savior and the Lord of our lives. But if we reject Christ, then we reject God's mercy and fall back on His justice. And you know where you stand there. If we reject Jesus' offer of forgiveness, then there is simply is no one else to pay the penalty for your sin-except yourself.

Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

Repentance is a gift of God's grace.

Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends the will away from sin, but the heart still clings. But repentance out of conviction over mercy is really sorrow over sin, sorrow over the grievousness of sin — it melts the heart away from sin. It makes the sin itself disgusting to us, so it loses its attractive power over us. We say, ‘this disgusting thing is an affront to the one who died for me. I’m continuing to stab him with it!’

Repentance is a one-faced Janus, ever looking to the past.

Forgiveness sets the prisoner free. And realizing that prisoner was you. That's what forgiveness does. It sets you free.

Bad men are full of repentance.

True repentance does not permit repetition.

Forgiveness is like the martial arts of consciousness. In Aikido and, other martial arts, we sidestep our attackers force rather than resisting it. The energy of the attack then boomerangs back in the direction of the attacker. Our power lies in remaining nonreactive. Forgiveness works in the same way. When we attack back, and defense is a form of attack, we initiate a war that no one can win.

True repentance is to cease from sin.

Forgiveness is not a moral issue. It is an energy dynamic... Forgiveness means that you do not carry the baggage of an experience. When you choose not to forgive, the experience that you do not forgive sticks with you. When you choose not to forgive, it is like agreeing to wear dark, gruesome sunglasses that distort everything, and it is you who are forced every day to look at life through those contaminated lenses because you have chosen to keep them.

Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless.

To do so no more is the truest repentance.

Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.

Illusion is brief, but repentance is long.

Repentance follows hasty counsels.

Religion is spelled 'D-O', because it consists of the things people do try to somehow gain God's forgiveness and favor. But the problem is that you never know when you've done enough. But thankfully, Christianity is spelled differently. It's spelled 'D-O-N-E', which means that what we could never for ourselves, Christ has already done for us. To become a real Christian is to humbly receive God's gift of forgiveness and to commit to following His leadership.

Repentance is the virtue of weak minds.

If you feel "stuck" today, you may want to examine what you're holding on to. Be willing let go of past disappointments by choosing forgiveness. Who hurt you? Who wronged you? Release it to God. Do you need to forgive yourself? Do you need to receive God's forgiveness? Let go of the past so you can overcome disappointments and experience the bright future God has in store for you! There is freedom in forgetting!

The rich...should beg the poor to forgive us for the bread we bring them. Healthy people sometimes feel they need to beg forgiveness too, although there is no reason why. Maybe we simply ask forgiveness for not being born where these poor women have been born, knowing that if we lived here too, our fate might well have been the same.

The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.

Let us beware of repentance without evidence.

Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.

Repentance is the word that gives us a second chance.

God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance.

It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.

Everything you go through can be a lesson for you. Lack of forgiveness can manifest itself in different ways -in some lives it can be through sickness in someone else's life it can be through a bad attitude -or maybe through torn relationships and being angry all the time. I don't know how unforgiveness will manifest itself in your life, but what I can tell you is: it isn't worth it! All of us have done something we need forgiveness for.

What has the church gained if it is popular but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?

Repentance is the vomit of the soul.

Repentance is for little children.

You can manage your sin, but that's not repentance.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

Forgiveness depends on the person. If he's saying sorry to make himself comfortable, then don't forgive him. If he's asking for forgiveness sincerely, then it's okay to forgive him. If you don't know what's on that person's mind... It's easy. Watch carefully how that person has lived up to now, and how he's living right now.

None but the guilty know the withering pains of repentance.

The dream is short, repentance long.

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

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Confession without repentance is just bragging.

True repentance also involves reform.

There is no original sin. You don't have to pay repentance to anything or anybody.

All of a Christian's life is one of repentance.

But with morning cool repentance came.

I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand drachmae.

I think when somebody seeks mercy and forgiveness and means it, and I was with [Donald Trump] the entire time, including when he learned about this, people ought to think about that. They ought to think about when somebody asks you for forgiveness contrite and for mercy - are you willing to give it?

There is no true gospel fruit without faith and repentance.