„Ne všem dovolují životní povinnosti a zdraví konat tvrdé pokání. I když všichni přiznávají, že jejich životní cesta je prostoupena kříži. Přijímání těchto křížů v duchu pokání, to je široké pole k praktikování pokání.“

Originál: (en) Though true repentance is never too late, yet late repentance is seldom true.

Originál: (en) Repentance grows as faith grows. Do not make any mistake about it; repentance is not a thing of days and weeks. (…) No; it is the grace of a lifetime, like faith itself.
Zdroj: All of Grace, s119

Originál: (en) To this we must say that He who promised forgiveness to them that repent has not promised repentance to them that sin.
Zdroj: Ibid., s. 101.

Mk 1,15

Mk 10,46-52

Originál: (en) Repentance and faith are distasteful to the unregenerate; they would sooner repeat a thousand formal prayers than shed a solitary tear of true repentance.
Zdroj: [Spurgeon, Charles, The Necessity of Regeneration: A Sermon (No. 3121), published on Thursday, December 3, 1908, http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons54.xlix.html, 1.6.2005, 8.2.2016, Christian Classic Ethereal Library, angličtina]

Originál: (en) A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world.
Zdroj: Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series. S. 107