Pope Francis Quotes

As long as one lives he will have need of repentance.

Do not forget this: the Lord never wearies of forgiving! We are the ones who weary of asking for forgiveness.

I will be asking for forgiveness, but hopefully I won't have to be asking for much forgiveness.

I never challenged the ICC verdict. This means I accepted my punishment. It is mentioned in Islamic law that you have got to be punished if you commit a mistake. What is important is that I have learnt my lesson.

None but the guilty know the withering pains of repentance.

I truly believe that we cannot come to a place of reconciliation until there is individual repentance and corporate repentance.

I have sinned against my brother the ass.

Hopefully America will forgive me.

There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It's to ask forgiveness armed only with, 'I'm sorry'.

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

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

If thou hast sinned, lie not down without repentance; for the want of repentance, after one has sinned, makes the heart yet harder and harder.

Even if I want I cannot make you say sorry to God.

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin.

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

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

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

Repentance is accepted remorse.

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

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

I feel like if you've done something wrong, then you should keep on apologizing to that person.

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.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.