Charles Spurgeon Quotes

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

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

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause

A clean confession combined with a promise never to commit the sin again, when offered before one who has the right to receive it, is the purest type of repentance.

He that does not repent, sins again.

It's not a problem that we're sinners; it's a problem that we aren't ashamed of our sin and don't seek forgiveness.

When God forgave me, I figured I'd better do it too.

By repenting, one acknowledges them as sins-therefore not to be repeated.

Slight sorrow for sin is sufficient, provided it at the same time produces amendment.

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.

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

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

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

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.

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

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

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I knew when I got into the box that I would lie! Again!

Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us to feel fully the conviction of our sins. He knows the depths of our remorse. He can then direct what we must do to qualify for forgiveness.

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

That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.