Persius Quotes

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fool reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

According to God's word, everybody at some point is going to be given the opportunity to know the truth.

It was Dec. 22, 1981. I figured I had messed up enough, and I decided to have a little faith and let God take over. It definitely straightened my act up in a hurry.

When I was locked up, I went through a big personal change with my attitude and spiritual, everything. I went through some major changes locked up.

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.

After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.

I used to steal a lot. But I don't do that anymore, because I believe in karma.

Every time I see my brother, I just praise God for God's grace in his life. Because if God can change Franklin from a prodigal into a man of God, he can do it for anybody.

The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.

Kabbalah is all about change. It isn't about being proud of our good qualities: the wisdom is about transforming our darkness into light.

The Savior isn't our last chance; He is our only chance. Our only chance to overcome self-doubt and catch a vision of who we may become. Our only chance to repent and have our sins washed clean.

All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.

Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, 'Shake well before using.' That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

Can human hearts be changed? Why, of course! It happens every day in the great missionary work of the Church. It is one of the most widespread of Christ's modern miracles. If it hasn't happened to you - it should.

As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.

I don't think anyone, until their soul leaves their body, is past the point of no return.

No one had to worry about Peter after his conversion. Your investigators can be that converted.

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

There is no original sin. You don't have to pay repentance to anything or anybody.

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.

A confession has to be part of your new life.

We who once were fools and dreamers, then shall we be brave and wise.

It's always good to have fears for your eternal soul.