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He comes never late who comes repentant. (Quote by - Juan de Horozco)

Amid the roses, fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest; a quick-returning pang Shoots through the conscious heart. (Quote by - James Thomson (1))

When prodigals return great things are done. (Quote by - A.A. Dowty)

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. (Quote by - Archibald Alexander)

Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent. (Quote by - Syrus)

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)

There is no original sin. You don't have to pay repentance to anything or anybody. (Quote by - Desmond Harrington)

I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really know what repentance was or what I was required to repent of. It was indeed the turning point of my life. (Quote by - Bede Griffiths)

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. (Quote by - William Hazlitt)

What then? What rests? Try what repentance can. What can it not? Yet what can it when one cannot repent? O wretched state? O bosom black as death! O limed soul, that struggling to be free Art more engaged! (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

The sinning is the best part of repentance. (Quote by - Arabic proverb)

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silenceis safety. (Quote by - William Drummond)

Who after his transgression doth repent, Is halfe, or altogether, innocent. (Quote by - Robert Herrick)

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment. (Quote by - Jose Bergamin)

I suppose you've heard all those wicked stories about me. Well, I've lived my life as it came and I've done bloody marvels with a bad hand. (Quote by - Libby Holman)

REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)

Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to his Creator, will be sure, early or late, to repent in vain. (Quote by - Bidpai)

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his estimation, and yours too. (Quote by - Josh Billings)

Apologize, v: to lay the foundation for a future offence. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)

Apology - a desperate habit, and one that is rarely cured. (Quote by - Oliver Wendell Holmes)

When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best. (Quote by - Thomas Gray)

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. (Quote by - Josh Billings)

The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration. (Quote by - Edwin Louis Cole)

He (Cato) used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was that he had trusted a woman with a secret; the second that he had gone by sea when he might have gone by land; and the third, that had passed one day without having a will by him. (Quote by - Plutarch)

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