Frederick William Robertson Quotes

Slight sorrow for sin is sufficient, provided it at the same time produces amendment.

True repentance includes sorrow for sin and contrition of heart. It breaks the heart with sighs and sobs and groans.

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

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.

That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.

There is an important difference between the sorrow for sin that leads to repentance and the sorrow that leads to despair.

I have sinned against my brother the ass.

Repentance always brings a person to the point of saying, “I have sinned.” The surest sign that God is at work in his life is when he says that and means it. Anything less is simply sorrow for having made foolish mistakes-a reflex action caused by self-disgust.

I have really sinned. I am going to pause now, and sit here on the mound repenting in deepest shame.

If thou hast sinned, lie not down without repentance; for the want of repentance, after one has sinned, makes the heart yet harder and harder.

There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

Repentance is accepted remorse.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

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.

Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us to feel fully the conviction of our sins. He knows the depths of our remorse. He can then direct what we must do to qualify for forgiveness.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Remorse is the pain of sin.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

To truly repent of a big thing, you have to go into it with your heart open and force yourself to deal with it at that level and to apologize to God.

I clearly have done things that were wrong. I've clearly had to seek God's forgiveness.