Sayings about Confession
Confession is the first step to repentance. ~ English Proverbs
The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell. ~ American Proverbs
He that jokes confesses. ~ Italian Proverbs
Confessed faults are half-mended. ~ Scottish Proverbs
Open confession is good for the soul. ~ Scottish Proverb
A sin confessed is half forgiven. ~ French Proverb
The joker confesses. ~ Italian Proverb
A fault confessed is half redressed. ~ Zulu Proverbs
It’s a foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor. ~ Italian Proverb
Confess you were wrong yesterday; it will show you are wise today. ~ Traditional Proverb
Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the body. ~ Sufi Proverb
A sin that is confessed is less heavy to bear. ~ Sanskrit Proverb
He who keeps his mouth shut, dies without confession. ~ Walloon Proverbs
Revenge is a confession of pain. ~ Latin Proverbs
To deny everything is to confess everything. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Quotations about Confession
A wise man admits his weaknesses. I’d admit mine if I had any. ~ Author Unknown
Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame. ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau
A man’s very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life. ~ Oscar Wilde Quotes
Confession, alas, is the new handshake. ~ Richard D. Rosen
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. ~ George Herbert
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. ~ Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn’t mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God’s care. ~ Erwin W. Lutzer
There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession. ~ Daniel Webster
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. ~ St. Augustine
The word fate… is the refuge of every self-confessed failure. ~ Andrew Soutar
Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing. ~ Helen Rowland
Confess you were wrong yesterday; it will show you are wise today. ~ Author Unknown
Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality. ~ Kahlil Gibran Quotes
We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. ~ Book of Common Prayer
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance. ~ Confucius Quotes
I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself. ~ Rodney Dangerfield
Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so contemptible as the public that buys their books. ~ W. H. Auden
He who denies all, confesses all. ~ Author Unknown
I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know. ~ Marcus T. Cicero
We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them. ~ Gerald Brenan
No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does. ~ Anita Brookner
Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. ~ Dorothy Dix
If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: “I want to be praised.” ~ E.M. Cioran
We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves that we have no great ones. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing. ~ H. L. Mencken
He’s half absolv’d who has confessed. ~ Matthew Prior
In confession… we open our lives to healing, reconciling, restoring, uplifting grace of him who loves us in spite of what we are. ~ Louis Cassels
To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it. ~ Publilius Syrus
There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said. ~ Joni Mitchell
It is not the criminal things that are hardest to confess, but the ridiculous and the shameful. ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau
Faith is verification by the heart; confession by the tongue; action by the limbs. ~ Author Unknown
A confession has to be part of your new life. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Explaining is generally half confessing. ~ George Savile
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people’s virtues. ~ William Hazlitt
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution. ~ Oscar Wilde