Veronica Roth Quotes

I think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.

You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.

Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right.

Confess yourself to heaven, Repent what's past, avoid what is to come, And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker.

To be absolved, especially if you commit a crime, there is no absolution, you must pay. But for forgiveness, with God or nature, you have to accept what you've done.

The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend to make amends for the wrong.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

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

You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.

I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I'm confessing my sins, and describing my path of sin and then in the act of confession I beg for your forgiveness and redemption.

Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.

Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.

Mistakes you can learn from; sins stay with you forever.

I took on the sins of everybody, of a generation, really.

All the goodness I have within me is totally from the Lord alone. When I sin, it is from me and is done on my own, but when I act righteously, it is wholly and completely of God.

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

As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.

God may not accept a person to forgive him his sins, without an atonement, else he must give free license to sin both in angels and men, and then sin were no sin, and our God were no God.

In order to properly repent, he who has sinned against the public must make public reparation.

Many without punishment, but none without sin.

I clearly have done things that were wrong. I've clearly had to seek God's forgiveness.