Quotes about Repentance
The remedy for most marital stress is not in divorce. It is in repentance and forgiveness, in sincere expressions of charity and service. It is not in separation. It is in simple integrity that leads a man and a woman to square up their shoulders and meet their obligations. It is found in the Golden Rule, a time-honored principle that should first and foremost find expression in marriage.
— Gordon Hinckley
Peace may be denied for a season. … But God our Eternal Father will watch over this nation and all of the civilized world who look to Him. … Our safety lies in repentance. Our strength comes from obedience to the commandments of God. "Are these perilous times? They are. But there is no need to fear. We can have peace in our hearts and peace in our homes. We can be an influence for good in this world, every one of us
— Gordon Hinckley
DEATH... To stop sinning suddenly.
— Elbert Hubbard
When you repent and operate on God's standards, now you have restoration and reconciliation.
— Tony Evans
As long as he doesn't convert it into action, it does not matter how much a man thinks about his repentance.
— CS Lewis
The object of the Bible is not to tell how good men are, but how bad men can become good.
— DL Moody
Man is born with his face turned away from God. When he truly repents, he is turned right round toward God; he leaves his old life.
— DL Moody
I do not know how to make a man think seriously about sin and judgment, and must look to the work of the Holy Spirit for any hint of such a working.
— Jim Elliot
Odd, isn't it, that a thief and a vagabond should repent, when so many who are rich and secure remain hard and frivolous, and without fruit for God or man?
— GK Chesterton
Remember the man who truly repents is never satisfied with his own repentance.
— Charles Spurgeon
Sin keeps a man from prayer, and prayer keeps a man from sin.
— Brigham Young
It is true that the blood of the Son of God was shed for sins through the fall and those committed by men, yet men can commit sins which it can never remit.
— Brigham Young