Robert Herrick Quotes

Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change.

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.

Repentance doth alter a man's case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.

He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen at my father's knees. I have not yet begun to put away from me the enticements of my former riotous living.

REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.

He who is penitent is almost innocent.

He that does not repent, sins again.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

Repentance is a sweet solace to conscience as well as the most complete atonement to the Supreme Judge of our offenses; notwithstanding, the tongue of malevolence and scurrility may be continually preparing its most poisonous ingredients for the punishment of a crime, which has already received more than half a pardon.

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

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

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.

I have sinned against you, my Lord.

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses.

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.

Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.

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.

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

Sin carries in it its own misery.