“ True leaders apply law and grace, for those who only apply only law have little influence and those who apply only grace do not influence properly. Orrin Woodward
“ No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. George Eliot
“ Lo, God! I am Thy handiwork. I have sinned and have done great evil, yet I am still Thy handiwork, who hath made me what I am. So, though I may not undo that which I have done, yet I may, with Thy aid… Howard Pyle
“ There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“ True repentence is to depart from evil. A return to God, seeking his grace for power to obey him. Lailah Gifty Akita
“ When true repentance occurs and lifestyles change, God can do marvelous works of restoration. Denying sin, however is not a characteristic of a repentant heart. Lois Mowday Rabey
“ 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 has… William Branks
“ Oh, miss Haversham said I,there have been sore mistakes and my life has been a blind and thankless one, and I want forgiveness and direction far too much to be bitter with you. Charles Dickens
“ Work in me more profound and abiding repentance; Give me the fullness of godly grief, that trembles and fears, yet ever trust and loves, which is ever powerful, and ever confident; Grant through the t… Arthur Bennett
“ How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble? Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“ In the course of our lives, the evil which in itself we seek most to shun, and which, when we are fallen into, is the most dreadful to us, is oftentimes the very means or door of our deliverance, by w… Daniel Defoe
“ Do not cry over the past mistakes. Laugh over the events in time. Make things right now. Lailah Gifty Akita
“ Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition. Sharon Kay Penman
“ Welcome the righteous,avoid the wicked,and yet open both arms to the repentant.Whoever receives them receives God. Matshona Dhliwayo
“ Repentance in Greek means something much closer to thinking differently afterward than it does changing your cheating ways. Of course repentance can look like a prostitute becoming a librarian, but it… Nadia Bolz-Weber
“ So often, we had the tendency of saying, they're the problem. No, they're not the problem. Our heart is the problem. they are just there to show me what is in my heart. They don't put those things in… Lowell Nelson
“ Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, 'This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forg… Anonymous
