Quotes about Repentance

We are not only asking to be forgiven, we are asking for guidance and wisdom and strength to respond differently tomorrow.

The feeling of longing for home is born into us. That wonderful dream cannot become real without great faith — enough for the Holy Ghost to lead us to repentance, baptism, and the making and keeping of sacred covenants with God. This faith requires enduring bravely the trials of mortal life.

We know that men are saved by repentance and faith, and whoever does call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But salvation is a supernatural work of God that will always produce fruit. And the evidence, not the cause, but the evidence of salvation is a changed life, a changing life.

Only through repentance and faith in Christ can anyone be saved. No religious activity will be sufficient, only true faith in Jesus Christ alone.

My daily life is an acknowledgment and expiation of my sin.

If . . . My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

The page on which I wrote is the second page in section 19 of the Doctrine and Covenants, in the old edition of the triple combination. On the bottom of the page, in capital letters, is written the word REPENTANCE. And then an arrow leads to a notation that reads: "Greek word. To have a new mind.

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

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

Such a sinning, repenting ''easy believeism'' dishonors the blood and prostitutes the altar.

Repentance is a change of mind about God, about sin, and about hell!

The man whose little sermon is ''repent'' sets himself against his age, and will for the time being be battered mercilessly by the age whose moral tone he challenges. There is but one end for such a man—''off with his head!' You had better not try to preach repentance until you have pledged your head to heaven. —JOSEPH PARKER