Confessing Quotes

• Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Leadership, Errors, Stronger

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• The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Evil, Saint

  "Tractates on the Gospel of John" by Saint Augustine, tractate XII on John 3:6-21, § 13,

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• There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

  Daniel Webster

  Suicide, Suicidal, Keeping Secrets

  Summation in murder trial of John Francis Knapp, Salem, Mass., 1830

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• A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Honesty, Men, Dust

  Oscar Wilde (2011). “De Profundis”, p.81, Courier Corporation

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• It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

  Oscar Wilde

  Keeping Secrets, Giving, Guilt

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 8 (1891)

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• We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Keeping Secrets, People, Littles

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• A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

  Albert Camus

  Art, Hipster, Needs

  Albert Camus (1969). “Notebooks”

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• Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

  Dorothy Dix

  Punishment, Keeping Secrets, Silence

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• A confession has to be part of your new life.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Life, Philosophical, Confession

  "Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 18e), 1980.

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• Do not be afraid of Confession! One who is in line to confess himself feels all these things - even shame - but then, when he finishes confessing, he leaves free, great, beautiful, forgiven, [...] happy. And this is the beauty of Confession... Jesus is there...and He receives you with so much love.

  Pope Francis

  Beautiful, Jesus, Lines

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• The truth will set you free. Either that or it'll get you a punch in the nose.

  Nick Hornby

  Truth Will Set You Free, Noses, Disloyal

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• Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Love, Fear, Heart

  "Fictional character: Eva Perón". "Evita", www.imdb.com. 1996.

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• Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.

  Martin Luther

  Loyalty, Soldier, Battle

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• People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Positive, Attitude, I Hate You

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• Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

  Josh Billings

  Faith, Men, Comedy

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

  Peter De Vries

  Soul, Coats, Tweed

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• To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

  Publilius Syrus

  Keeping Secrets, Next, Faults

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• Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Mean, Omission, Catholic

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (2000). “The Aquinas Catechism: A Simple Explanation of the Catholic Faith by the Church's Greatest Theologian”, p.86, Sophia Institute Press

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• Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.

  Martin Luther

  Faith, Loyalty, Wisdom

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• Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.

  Karl Marx

  Time, Art, Secret

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• Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing.

  Helen Rowland

  Love, Relationship, Littles

  Helen Rowland (1909). “Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”

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  Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Catholic, Religion, Popcorn

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• To accept grace is to admit failure, a step we are hesitant to take. We opt to impress God with how good we are rather than confessing how great he is.

  Max Lucado

  Spiritual, Grace, Steps

  Max Lucado (2013). “Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal”, p.610, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Sometimes it helps to begin our prayers by confessing we don't feel like praying-and ask God to help us with our preference to be doing something else.

  David Jeremiah

  Prayer, Helping, Praying

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, p.226, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• One of the greatest errors in the church today is the artificial distinction we have created between accepting Christ as Savior and confessing Him as Lord. We have made two experiences of it, but the New Testament makes them one.

  Vance Havner

  Christian, Two, Church Today

  Vance Havner (1967). “Living in Kingdom Come”

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