Robert Southwell Quotes

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.

Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.

The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow.

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

I am a big sinner.

We're all sinners, every one of us. We've all done things we wish we hadn't.

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

Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid.

Let this single hour atone For the theft of all of me

The Savior can wipe away our tears of regret.

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

I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong, I will make it all up to thee.

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

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

Repentance is accepted remorse.

When we tell the story of our own conversion, I would have it done with great sorrow, remembering what we used to be, and with great joy and gratitude, remembering how little we deserve these things.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

There is nothing we've done that can't be wiped clean by Christ.

I have sinned against you, my Lord.

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.

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.

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.

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.