Contrite Quotes

#1. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken hear; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Pslam 34.18

Laurie Alice Eakes

#2. A heart renewed
a loving heart
a penitent and humble heart
a heart broken and contrite, purified by love
that and only that is the rest of men. Spotlessness may do for angels, repentance unto life is the highest that belongs to man.

Frederick William Robertson

#3. He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.

Richard Yates

#4. I live a super-healthy lifestyle not because it's sensible or that I'm contrite, but because I need to keep my focus on the music I'm making. To do that, I need to be wide awake.

Johnny Marr

#5. The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

Charles Simeon

#6. We are so little, that if God should manifest His greatness without condescension, we should be trampled under His feet; but God, who must stoop to view the skies, and bow to see what angels do, turns His eye yet lower, and looks to the lowly and contrite, and makes them great.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#7. A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before God, and that all that is necessary is to be reconciled to one's helplessness and let our holy and almighty God care for us, just as an infant surrenders himself to his mother's care.

Ole Hallesby

#8. I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.

Jayson Blair

#9. Remorse is sorrow over being caught and the pain of consequences that follow. Repentance is not being concerned for ourselves but having a contrite heart.

Charles R. Swindoll

#10. 16. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Anonymous

#11. I'm not trying to justify myself, or say I'm not sorry, or not contrite.

Lance Armstrong

#12. Love has no charm
when Love is swept to earth:
you'd make a lop-winged god,
frozen and contrite,
of god up-darting,
winged for passionate flight.

Hilda Doolittle

#13. You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

Steve Madden

#14. Like sacrifices, prayer is intended to change man, not God. Its purpose is to cultivate a contrite heart, to promote feelings of humility and inadequacy in man, whilst encouraging reliance on Divine assistance.

Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

#15. Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there are no barriers; the only password is prayer.

Hosea Ballou

#16. Supplication comes from a place of intrinsic desperation resulting from a broken and contrite heart.

Robin Bertram

#17. Martise blushed and lowered her eyes. "I meant no offense."

"Ah, another way to apologize. You have an impressive arsenal of conciliatory statements. I've known slaves less contrite than you.

Grace Draven

#18. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice - An humble and a contrite heart.

Rudyard Kipling

#19. Stick me in a confessional and ask the question: Sir, if you had the authority, would you forbid smoking in America? You'd get a solemn and contrite, Yes.

William F. Buckley Jr.

#20. He who atones for sins never calculates; he pours out the whole essence of his contrite heart.

Mahatma Gandhi

#21. When asked to make the formal declaration that I did not intend to overthrow the Constitution of the United States, I was fool enough to reply that I had no such purpose, but that were I to do it by mistake I should be inexpressibly contrite.

Peter Medawar

#22. Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.

Joseph Smith Jr.

#23. Peace can only be achieved by a contrite spirit, open communication and tolerance.

Shannon L. Alder

#24. The tumalt and shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heat. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget.

Rudyard Kipling

#25. And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

Robert K. Dellenbach

#26. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

Anonymous

#27. The temple in which the Lord Jesus delights most, is a broken and contrite heart, renewed by the Holy Spirit.

J.C. Ryle

#28. The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.

Mahatma Gandhi

#29. Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one's flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity. Enter again into yourself.

Saint Augustine

#30. There is no amount of bad karma that can compete with a contrite spirit and God's forgiveness.

Shannon L. Alder

#31. All of us should be much more humble and contrite when we point the finger at somebody else, because four more fingers are pointing back at us.

Michael Eric Dyson

#32. How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.

Hosea Ballou

#33. Save the contrition for the confessional. Regret isn't worth a damn to anyone.

Elizabeth Kelly