Quotes about Repentance
I am a great Sinner and God is a great Savior.
- John Newton
The idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary both to the Scriptures and to common sense.
- AW Tozer
We do not come to God as bad people trying to become good people; we come as rebels to lay down our arms.
- CS Lewis
It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.
- Emily Bronte
We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions.
- George Washington
If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.
- Ignatius of Loyola
We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God and seek salvation, unless He first called us by His grace. Without a divine call, no one can be saved.
- JC Ryle
Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.
- Johannes Tauler
Sin is essentially a departure from God.
- Martin Luther
We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins.
- Oswald Chambers
Your job is the relentless pursuit of who God made you to be. And anything else you do is sin and you need to repent of it.
- Rob Bell
It's Satan's delight to tell me that once he's got me, he will keep me. But at that moment I can go back to God. And I know that if I confess my sins, God is faithful and just to forgive me.
- Alan Redpath