REPENTANCE

1.  "The invitation to repent is rarely a voice of chastisement but rather a loving appeal to turn around and to “re-turn” toward God."

Neil L. Andersen, "Repent . . . That I May Heal You," October 2009 General Conference

2.  "Repentance is like unto a detergent.  Even ground - in stains of sin will come out."

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference

3.  "Because we are accountable and we make the choices, the redemption from our own sins is conditional - conditioned on confessing and abandoning sin and turning to a godly life, or in other words, conditioned on repentance."

D. Todd Christofferson, Redemption, April 2013 General Conference

4.  "Repentance means a change of mind and heart—we stop doing things that are wrong, and we start doing things that are right. It brings us a fresh attitude toward God, oneself, and life in general."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Point of Safe Return, April 2007 General Conference

5.  "It is not repentance per se that saves man. It is the blood of Jesus Christ that saves us. It is not by our sincere and honest change of behavior alone that we are saved, but “by grace that we are saved, after all we can do” (2 Nephi 25:23)."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Point of Safe Return, April 2007 General Conference

6.  "No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort."

Boyd K. Packer, And a Little Child Shall Lead Them, April 2012 General Conference

7.  "You may in time of trouble think that you are not worth saving because you have made mistakes, big or little, and you think you are now lost. That is never true! Only repentance can heal what hurts. But repentancecan heal what hurts, no matter what it is."

Boyd K. Packer, Counsel to Youth, October 2011 General Conference

8.  "Repentance is the sweet fruit that comes from faith in the Savior and involves turning toward God and away from sin."

David A. Bednar, Clean Hands and a Pure Heart, October 2007 General Conference

9.  "For most, repentance is more a journey than a one-time event. It is not easy. To change is difficult. It requires running into the wind, swimming upstream. Repentance is turning away from some things, such as dishonesty, pride, anger, and impure thoughts, and turning toward other things, such as kindness, unselfishness, patience, and spirituality. It is “re-turning” toward God."

Neil L. Anderson, "Repent... That I May Heal You," October 2009 General Conference

10.  "Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression."

D. Todd Christofferson, The Divine Gift of Repentance, October 2011 General Conference

11.   "Nowhere are the generosity and the kindness and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance."

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference

12.  "Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate.  The key is labeled - repentance.

Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference

13.  "Sometimes in our repentance, in our daily efforts to become more Christlike, we find ourselves repeatedly struggling with the same difficulties. As if we were climbing a tree-covered mountain, at times we don’t see our progress until we get closer to the top and look back from the high ridges. Don’t be discouraged. If you are striving and working to repent, you are in the process of repenting."
     

Neil L. Andersen, Repent. . . That I May Heal You, October 2009 General Conference