A Hearty Sorrow
Repentance is a hearty sorrow for our past misdeeds, and a sincere resolution and an endeavor to the utmost of our power, to conform all our actions to the law of God. It does not consist in one single act of sorrow, but in doing works meet for repentance; in a sincere obedience to the law of Christ for the remainder of our lives. –John Locke
Double-sided
Repentance has a double aspect; it looks upon things part with a weeping eye, and upon the future with a watchful eye. –Robert South
The Sin or the Penalty
True repentance hates the sin, and not merely the penalty; and it hates the sin most of all because it has discovered and felt God’s love. –W.M. Taylor
Ceasing
True repentance is to cease from sin. –Ambrose of Milan
Repentance at the Last Moment
There is one case of deathbed repentance recorded—that of the penitent thief, that none should despair; and only one that none should presume. –Augustine
The Joy of the Repentant Heart
When the soul has laid down its faults at the feet of God, it feels as though it had wings. –Eugenie de Guerin
Verbalizing
From listening comes wisdom and from speaking comes repentance.
True Repentance—the Cynical View
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of consequences.