Sincere Repentance

Famous quotes containing the words sincere and/or repentance:

    If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vain. And I flatter myself that it will not be ranked among the least grateful occurrences of your life to be assured that, so long as I retain my memory, you will be thought on with respect, veneration, and affection by your sincere friend.
    George Washington (1732–1799)

    Try what repentance can. What can it not?
    Yet what can it, when one cannot repent?
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)