Repent – Quotes

It is better to

It is better to prepare and prevent than it is to repair and repent. Ezra Taft Benson

I think it’s one

I think it’s one of the kindest things you can do to the very wicked, to give them time to repent. Evelyn Waugh

The fatal effects of sin can be removed only by the provision that God has made. The Israelites saved their lives by looking upon the uplifted serpent. That look implied faith. They lived because they believed God’s word, and trusted in the means provided for their recover. So to sinner may look to Christ, and … Read more

Seeing with better eyes

Seeing with better eyes We can recognize that the offender is a valuable human being who struggles with the same needs, pressures, and confusions that we struggle with. We will recognize that the incident really may not have been about us in the first place. Instead it was about the wrongdoer’s misguided attempt to meet … Read more

As you climb the

As you climb the mountains of life, stay on the path of virtue. There will be others to help you- your parents, family members, bishops, advisers, and righteous friends of all ages. And if you are weary or take a wrong turn, change your direction and get back on the path of virtue. Always remember … Read more

Some go to Church,

Some go to Church, proud humbly to repent, And come back much more guilty than they went: One way they look, another way they steer, Pray to the Gods; but would have Mortals hear; And when their sins they set sincerely down, They’ll find that their Religion has been one. Edward Young

What is past is

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

At some point we

At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, \”thus far and no further.\” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but … Read more

To grieve over sin

To grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another. Frederick William Robertson

Marry in haste, repent

Marry in haste, repent in leisure. Frederick Tilney