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“Sometimes salvation is found in agony.”
“There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it.”
“Grace has as much to say about endings as it does about beginnings.”
“Remorse (I did it) is an easy, passive, human reaction, there is no value in it and it changes nothing. Repentance (I will not do it again) is the difficult call to action in a redeemed heart. It h...”
“It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors”
“Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.”
“From listening comes wisdom and from speaking repentance.”
“There are people who are very resourceful At being remorseful And who apparently feel that the best way to make friends Is to do something terrible and then make amends.”
“He's half absolv'd Who has confess'd.”
“It is a very delicate job to forgive a man without lowering him in his estimation and yours too.”
“The sinning is the best part of repentance.”
“Apologize v: to lay the foundation for a future offence.”
“Apology - a desperate habit and one that is rarely cured.”
“Repentance is for little children.”
“Repentance is but want of power to sin.”
“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy you can't build on it it's good only for wallowing in.”
“If I die I forgive you: if I recover we shall see.”
“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”
“God will pardon me. It's his business.”
“I suppose you've heard all those wicked stories about me. Well I've lived my life as it came and I've done bloody marvels with a bad hand.”
