Thomas a Kempis Quotes

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

I did a lot of things I regret.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

I've got some repenting to do.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

I don't like the word 'regret.'

Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.

In whatever I may be thought to have been unnatural, unwise and indelicate, it is now my most fervent desire it may have a suitable impression on you - and on me, a penitent for every wrong thought and step.

Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

I can wholeheartedly apologize for not being at all sorry. And it really is the least I can do.

PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.

It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.

Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine.

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

I apologize for nothing.

Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause a difference. However, repentance is different. Repentance is an admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.

I have no apologies.

I didn't have anything to apologize for.

Remorse is the pain of sin.