Repent Quotes

• Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he follow not on his blow until it be slain, may repent that ever he began the quarrel. And so he who undertakes to deal with sin, and pursues it not constantly to the death.

  John Owen

  Blow, Men, Thinking

  John Owen (1994). “The Works of John Owen”

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• Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Sins Not, Sin, Ashamed

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• To repent means to realize that the kind of life we are living is wrong and that we must adopt a completely new set of values. To that end, it involves two things. It involves sorrow for what we have been and it involves the resolve that by the grace of God we will be changed.

  William Barclay

  Mean, Two, Grace

  William Barclay “The Acts of the Apostles”, Westminster John Knox Press

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• If your repentance has not changed your life, you need to repent of your repentance.

  Steven J Lawson

  Needs, Repentance, Changed

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• Jesus suffered deeply because He loves us deeply! He wants us to repent and be converted so that He can fully heal us.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Jesus, Want, Heal

  Twitter post from Jan 29, 2018

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• Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

  John the Baptist

  Repentance And Forgiveness, Heaven, Jesus Christ

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• Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Repentance And Forgiveness, Faults

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• When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, 'Repent,' he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.

  Martin Luther

  Jesus, Christ, Lord

  Martin Luther (2012). “Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings”, p.40, Fortress Press

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• Who is righteous? Anyone who is repenting. No matter how bad he has been, if he is repenting he is a righteous man. There is hope for him. And no matter how good he has been all his life, if he is not repenting, he is a wicked man. The difference is which way you are facing. The man on the top of the stairs facing down if much worse off than the man on the bottom step who is facing up. The direction we are facing, that is repentance; and that is what determines whether we are good or bad.

  Hugh Nibley

  Men, Differences, Righteous Man

  Hugh Nibley (1989). “Approaching Zion”, Shadow Mountain

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• We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Integrity, Anger, Character

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.96, Beacon Press

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• To grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another.

  Frederick William Robertson

  Grieving, Sin, Repentance

  Frederick William Robertson (1873). “ser. 1 God's revelation of heaven [and other sermons]. ser. 2 Christ's judgement respecting inheritance [and other sermons]. ser. 3 The tongue [and other sermons”

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• Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

  Voltaire

  "Nanine", II. 10 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 666-667), 1922.

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• It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

  Josh Billings

  Sin, Repentance, Easier

  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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• We cannot repent for someone else. But we can forgive someone else, refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free!

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Forgiving, Lord, Hostage

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• Some persons do first, think afterward, and then repent forever.

  Thomas Secker

  Thinking, Forever, Firsts

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• People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

  Bob Dylan

  Life, Break Up, Music

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.

  Aldous Huxley

  Brave New World, Guilt, Rolling

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

  Vittorio Alfieri

  Wicked, Crime, Repentance

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 665), 1922.

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• There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

  Gilbert Parker

  Memories, Stupid, World

  Gilbert Parker (1798). “Mrs. Falchion”, p.206

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• With the help of the Holy Ghost, we can watch over ourselves. We can pray to recognize and reject the first thoughts of sin. We can pray to recognize a warning not to speak words which would hurt or tempt someone else. And we can, when we must, pray for the humility and the faith to repent.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Hurt, Humility, Watches

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• If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time.

  Aldous Huxley

  Brave New World, Tasks, Addresses

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.

  Aldous Huxley

  Life, Forgiveness, Time

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

  Thomas Fuller

  Men, Differences, Sin

  Thomas Fuller (1812). “The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Conscience”, p.31

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• People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  People, Giving, Mind

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• It's bad when you fail morally. It's worse when you don't repent.

  Luis Palau

  Failing

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