Edwin Louis Cole Quotes

Sin carries in it its own misery.

I had a little sorrow, Born of a little sin.

There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

It was not the path I was to take. Because of my deeds, I will never know peace again.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

Then I proceeded to Williamsburg, where I found all well. I went to the capitol where I sent for the wench to clean my room and when I came I kissed her and felt her, for which God forgive me.... About 10 o’clock I went to my lodgings. I had good health but wicked thoughts, God forgive me.

I am a sinner....who's probably gonna sin again...Lord forgive me!

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.

One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; — hung it with the tears streaming from my eyes, and with the bitterest remorse at my heart; — hung it because I knew that it had loved me, and because I felt it had given me no reason of offence; — hung it because I knew that in so doing I was committing a sin — a deadly sin that would so jeopardize my immortal soul as to place it — if such a thing were possible — even beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the Most Merciful and Most Terrible God.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

Real repentance means coming not only to be sorry for the consequences of sin but to hate sin itself.

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

I do not feel remorse. Everybody makes mistakes in war.

I know what sin is.

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

Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it.

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

The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it.

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.

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

To us sin has not become any less of a mystery or a pain.

You don't see many people crying over the wrong they do to God every time His word is neglected or when one willfully sins.