Newt Gingrich Quotes

I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are.

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

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

I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong. I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better.

I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.

I just hope everybody forgives me for whatever I did wrong. And hope they remember some of what I did right.

In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness.

To truly repent of a big thing, you have to go into it with your heart open and force yourself to deal with it at that level and to apologize to God.

I hope when I'm on my deathbed, people forgive me, because there is a lot to forgive.

Apology is often the first step in correcting a wrong. Having moved for a position of saying 'I don't need forgiveness,' Mr. Trump is now taking a second look at past behaviors, things that he's said and done that he regrets. While he is not asking for forgiveness for being human, he is admitting that he's made mistakes and humbly making apologies.

I believe in the redemptive need to admit mistakes, express regret, and ask for forgiveness.

Yes, sometimes I have done some wrong things and I'm not an angel.

It's always best to ask for forgiveness if you feel that you made a mistake. And again, asking for forgiveness is not just saying the words 'I'm sorry'; it is also offering what you need to do.

I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.

True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.

Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other people see the badness in us?

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

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

I've made mistakes in my life for sure.

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.

My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.

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