Quotes about Repentance
Repair my church which is in ruins.
— Shane Claiborne
He who finds he has wasted a shilling may by diligence hope to fetch it up again; but no repentance or industry can ever bring back one wasted hour.
— Hannah More
You and your sins must separate, or you and your God will never come together.
— Charles Spurgeon
Rejoicing and repentance must go together. Repentance without rejoicing will lead to despair. Rejoicing without repentance is shallow and will only provide passing inspiration instead of deep change.
— Timothy Keller
Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's skull and scatter the stench of his brains across several people's back yards.
— Barbara Kingsolver
A disappointed-looking Jesus eyed her from the wall...Look, look, her steps called out, here is a red headed sinner on the move.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Nothing is needed so much as a holy indignation against sin. It is true that there is not enough love for God, and one sign of it is that there is not enough hatred for sin.
— Vance Havner
The greatest reformation should be among those who have been the greatest sinners.
— Joseph Addison
There is no remedy, but you must either turn or burn.
— Joseph Alleine
God finds nothing in man to turn His heart, but enough to turn his stomach.
— Joseph Alleine
Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets.
— Eugene Peterson
Psalm 134, The final Song of Ascents, provides the evidence. The way of discipleship that begins in an act of repentance concludes in a life of praise.
— Eugene Peterson