Saint Augustine Quotes

There are no unforgivable sins.

Forgiveness is God's command.

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

We need Grace and forgiveness.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?

And for yourself, whatever there has been either of sin or duty, remember the one and forget the other, and betake yourself wholly to the mercy of God and the merit of Christ.

It is healthy to say, 'Yes, I am a sinner,' and to recognise that this should lead us to turn to God full of confidence in his love and mercy.

I live my life and make mistakes and sin every single day... but that's what grace is for.

I know I'm a sinner.

Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.

In those moments when I'm obsessively counting my sins against me, it is good news to remember that God has counted my sins against Christ.

Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.

I never understood redemption when I was young. Even before I was an atheist, I always thought with the prodigal son, "well, why's he getting the special treatment?"

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

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.

God forgive you, but I never can.

But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if you will now turn to God by a sincere repentance, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be cast out.

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

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.

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.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.