Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes

Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid.

The Savior can wipe away our tears of regret.

It is the easiest thing in the world to become a Christian - ten thousand times easier than it is to hold out unrepenting against the motives which God presents to the mind, to induce it to forsake its evil thoughts and turn unto Him.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Repentance is a rescuing, not a dour, doctrine.

We cannot go back in time and change the past but we can repent.

Think not of the sinner or the greatness of his sin, but think of the greatness of the Savior!

Only sinners need saviors.

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.

Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.

Repentance is the sweet fruit that comes from faith in the Savior and involves turning toward God and away from sin.

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.

I have been a man of great sins, but He has been a God of great mercies; and now, through His mercies, I have a conscience as sound and quiet as if I had never sinned.

I'm sure I have a lot to atone for, if there is a judgment day. It's gonna be a long list for me. It goes right up until I was about 18, and then I sort of straightened out.

There's still time for redemption if I live long enough, don't you think?

Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.

There is nothing we've done that can't be wiped clean by Christ.

The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow.

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

I am a big sinner.

We're all sinners, every one of us. We've all done things we wish we hadn't.