Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.

God is not looking for repayment, but repentance. What heals a broken relationship is sincere love and contrition.

All the seven deadly sins are man's true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of course, you have to control them, but if you're made to feel guilty for being human, then you're going to be trapped in a never-ending sin-and-repent cycle that you can't escape from.

Bad men are full of repentance.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

It's only through Christ that we can take full advantage of God's mercy and forgiveness through repentance in Jesus' name.

The gospel of Jesus Christ encompasses much more than avoiding, overcoming, and being cleansed from sin and the bad influences in our lives; it also essentially entails doing good, being good, and becoming better. Repenting of our sins and seeking forgiveness are spiritually necessary, and we must always do so.

Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours.

The full benefit of forgiveness of sin through the Savior's Atonement begins with repentance and baptism and then expands upon receiving the Holy Ghost.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.

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.

Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Salvation is by repentance and faith, and if you have truly believed unto salvation, you have been regenerated, which means you have become a new creature, and you are going to live a different life. And so works do not result in salvation.

We know that men are saved by repentance and faith, and whoever does call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But salvation is a supernatural work of God that will always produce fruit. And the evidence, not the cause, but the evidence of salvation is a changed life, a changing life.

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.