Welcome to our collection of redemption quotes, where the timeless theme of redemption is explored through the wisdom and insight of various thinkers, authors, and leaders throughout history. Redemption is a concept that resonates deeply within the human experience, embodying the idea of renewal, transformation, and second chances. Whether through acts of forgiveness, personal growth, or overcoming adversity, redemption offers a beacon of hope and inspiration for all.
In literature, religion, and philosophy, the notion of redemption has been a central motif, weaving its way through stories and teachings from diverse cultures and traditions. It speaks to our innate desire for redemption, for the opportunity to right past wrongs, to find inner peace, and to move forward with a sense of purpose and renewal. Join us as we delve into the profound and thought-provoking quotes that illuminate the path to redemption, reminding us of the power of resilience, forgiveness, and the human capacity for growth and transformation. Explore these quotes below and discover the timeless wisdom they hold.
The Spirit is Love expressed towards man as redeeming love, and the Spirit is truth, and the Spirit is the Holy Spirit. Redemption is inconceivable without truth and holiness. Roland Allen
At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption. E. Stanley Jones
In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
For my own part, I have been wont to converse with poverty; and however disagreeable a companion she may be thought to be by the affluent and luxurious, who were never acquainted with her, I can live happily with her the remainder of my life if I can thereby contribute to the redemption of my country. Samuel Adams
John Quincy Adams ranks with Jimmy Carter on the roster of ex-presidential redemption. Instead of completing a biography of his father, he let himself be elected to the House, where he spent nine terms in Whiggish opposition to the Democrats, supporting a national bank and a protective tariff and internal improvements. Thomas Mallon
Forgiveness became a big part of the civil rights movement, juxtaposed against the violence of protesters and law enforcement. King described forgiveness in one of his early sermons as a pardon, a process of life, and the Christian weapon of social redemption. Anthea Butler
Redemption basically is about holistic health, if you want to translate it into modern parlance. What I suggest – based on the Christian tradition but not often preached – is that you can’t enter into the fullness of the Pascal mystery of the redemption unless there is a radical transformation of motivation within you. Thomas Keating
The ‘Shawshank Redemption’ has nothing to do with China, but that hasn’t kept social media censors from blocking the movie’s title from searches on the country’s most popular Twitter-like microblogging service, Weibo. Rebecca MacKinnon
I’m not Catholic. I don’t believe in God. But at the same time, I’m obsessed by the sacred, by spirituality. The question of redemption has been present well before Christianity, but as French people are a bit stupid, they see all that in religious terms. Bruno Dumont
My stories seem to always in some way explore mistakes and misapprehensions and the possibility of redemption – though that redemption doesn’t always occur in expected ways. Therese Fowler
Part of the reason I wanted to write a novel was that in fiction I could do something that’s difficult to do in real life, which is to dwell on the stark details of the experience without really needing to create that narrative of redemption. Christina Baker Kline
If you’re white and you’re wrong, then you’re wrong; if you’re black and you’re wrong, you’re wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green – God make no rules about color; only society make rules where my people suffer, and that why we must have redemption and redemption now. Bob Marley
Atheists have to live with the knowledge that there is no salvation, no redemption, no second chances. Lives can go terribly wrong in ways that can never be put right. Julian Baggini
I don’t believe the world’s a particularly beautiful place, but I do believe in redemption. Colum McCann
Redemption and rehabilitation for formerly incarcerated individuals is best achieved when they are able to reintegrate back into the community as productive members. Alex Padilla
When you find your definitions in God, you find the very purpose for which you were created. Put your hand into God’s hand, know His absolutes, demonstrate His love, present His truth, and the message of redemption and transformation will take hold. Ravi Zacharias
The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption. Rick Perry
Even if you’re not Christian, just from being in our culture you know Jesus and resurrection and redemption. Trey Parker
Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also secures for us the true liberty of the children of God, in order that we might do all things out of love rather than out of fear – love for him that has shown us such grace that no greater can be found. Peter Abelard
I have to believe there’s redemption in the darkest of circumstances; otherwise it’s too bleak for me. Paddy Considine
I review books as a day job, and through the years I’ve come to view the contemporary memoir as, almost always, a saga of victimization, sometimes by others, sometimes by the self, and sometimes by illness or misfortune, leading, like clockwork, to healing and redemption. Walter Kirn
The premise of ‘Deadline’ forced me to go against my own grain with a character determined to find all that is valuable in that time. I believe this is a story about redemption; how, even with the best intentions, it’s sometimes found and sometimes not. Chris Crutcher
The redemption plot is one of the oldest story shapes. Peter Baynham
I joke that being a university president is akin to being a pinata. But there are also notions of redemption. Gordon Gee
Life is full of constant ups and downs, and all I ask for is redemption in the end. Robin Thicke
Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance. Richard von Weizsaecker
We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged. Sam Houston
I’m a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there’s a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art. Michael Connelly
Theater isn’t there to provide answers. Only possibilities. I just ask the questions. But I believe hope comes from the fact that there is a potential for redemption. At the core, that’s what matters in the theater I’m attracted to. Do we dare to hope? Do we allow ourselves to hope? Joe Mantello
You have to be a little contrite to get redemption. Steve Madden
Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge. Nick Wechsler
What I absolutely want is to suggest that before it’s anything else, redemption is God mending the bicycle of our souls; God bringing out the puncture repair kit, re-inflating the tires, taking off the rust, making us roadworthy once more. Not so that we can take flight into ecstasy, but so that we can do the next needful mile of our lives. Francis Spufford
My journey is so similar to everyone else’s journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers of darkness, and we all find redemption in the light of Christ. Ted Dekker
The Church’s note must be a supernatural note which distinguishes incarnation from immanence, redemption from evolution, the Kingdom of God from mere spiritual process. Arthur Middleton
Race, redemption and healing – that’s my thing. Bebe Moore Campbell
The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times. Patti Smith
Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action. Cyril Connolly
It is not about the money. It’s the public service aspect. Absolutely, I think it has qualities of redemption. The city gets a second chance. I get a second chance. John Rowland
I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful – for all of it. Kristin Armstrong
Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum investments, redemption restrictions and aggressive strategies make them suitable mainly for more sophisticated and well-heeled investors. Alex Berenson
Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person. Tennessee Williams
Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption. Don Lemon
I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and repeat my words) that reforms, to be beneficial, must come from above, that those which come from below are irregularly gained and uncertain. Jose Rizal
‘Dirty Jobs’ is a fun, simple little show with huge themes under it. For me, it’s penance, it’s redemption, it’s a sweaty mess. Mike Rowe
If you think there is a way to accomplish redemption without suffering and death, you’re offering what the devil offered. John MacArthur
‘Redemption’ sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will. Dawn Richard
Death is not the end; it is but one more step in a great forward march made possible by the redemption wrought by the Savior. This is the spirit of true science – constant and eternal seeking. Henry B. Eyring
In all God’s plans for human redemption, He proposes that men pray. The men are to pray in every place, in the church, in the closet, in the home, on sacred days and on secular days. Edward McKendree Bounds
The external Soviet empire lasted 45 years. It is shattered, beyond redemption or repair. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind. Calvin Coolidge
There’s not too many times in life do you get a chance at redemption. Henry Cejudo
It is with government paper, and bank paper, as it is with the paper of private persons; that is, it is worth just what can be delivered in redemption of it, and no more. We all understand that the notes of the Astors, and Stewarts, and Vanderbilts, though issued by millions, and tens of millions, are really worth their nominal values. Lysander Spooner
A majority of Americans want redemption for racism – for our terrible, destructive racist past – and so see a vote for Obama as redemptive. Gloria Steinem
Typecasting is something I have to be careful with, since I play myself on Geek & Sundry so much on my weekly show ‘The Flog.’ That’s why I did ‘Dragon Age: Redemption’ last year, so I could do something a little more dramatic and hard-edged. Felicia Day
I’m a triathlete. Running is when I do my best living and my best thinking. I love the discipline, pushing yourself to suffer as much as you can, because it leads to a form of redemption. Naomi Benaron
Redemption isn’t giving a bank robber a job as a teller. Jane Velez-Mitchell
Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed. Arthur Schopenhauer
Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that’s a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It’s how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting. Sylvester Stallone
We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California. Kamala Harris
Redemption is not perfection. The redeemed must realize their imperfections. John Piper
The mark of our society as civilized will come when we embrace confidence in the power of redemption. Greg Boyle
There’s still time for redemption if I live long enough, don’t you think? Kitty Kelley
Usually my Easter reading consists of ‘Who Moved the Stone?,’ which gets dusted off annually and read, often in one sitting, to remind me of the miracle of redemption, resurrection and life after death. Ann Widdecombe
Redemption happens in many forms. It happens when one takes responsibility even when one need not. Ashish Vidyarthi
I would like to see BoJack find some sort of peace. I don’t know if happiness is the right word; I don’t know if he deserves that… But I would like to think even a soul as lost as BoJack can somehow crawl his way toward redemption. Raphael Bob-Waksberg
The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world. Nelson Mandela
The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of man’s redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation. Robert Boyle
The banding together by the nations of the world against Israel is the guarantee that their time of destruction is near and the final redemption of the Jew at hand. Meir Kahane
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. Adlai Stevenson II
A wonderful quality about America is that we love redemption stories. We’re quick to lash out and assign blame, but we also draw from deep reservoirs of forgiveness. Judy Smith
Today, I’d like to talk to Bob Marley. I’d just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don’t know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them, from ‘Redemption Song’ to ‘Is This Love?’ and ‘I Shot the Sheriff.’ Bruno Mars
I don’t go to movies for redemption – if I want that, I’ll go to church! Anson Mount
When not only gold but all commodities are available for the redemption of the paper currency, its volume is limited only by the value of all the wealth of the country, and it can never become insecure up to this limit. John Buchanan Robinson
Sometimes acknowledging your erroneous ways is the first step to redemption. Ravi Shastri
Bringing good news is imparting hope to one’s fellow man. The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times. Patti Smith
But on this 50th anniversary of the Little Rock crisis, it is important to remember that this evil did happen in America, and that no engineered redemption can make us innocent again. And we might also remember that it is better to be chastened than innocent. Shelby Steele
‘Whale Talk’ is a tough book, but it is also a compassionate book about telling the truth and about redemption. I didn’t draw the tough parts out of thin air; they are stories handed to me by people in pain. Chris Crutcher
Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a kind of redemption. Jill McCorkle
If you accept the belief that baptism incorporates us in the mystical body of Christ, into the divine DNA, then you might say that the Holy Spirit is present in each of us, and thus we have the capacity for the fullness of redemption, of transformation. Thomas Keating
In the Bible, we have the facts and history of man’s redemption. Incidentally or essentially, other worlds and other beings are brought prominently on the stage of redemption purposes and plans. Edward McKendree Bounds
People like ‘Crank,’ some people like ‘Redemption.’ I’m just happy to do things that satiate a different part of me, that test me a little bit. Jason Statham
Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel. Michael Morpurgo
You’re not allowed to write about me if you haven’t seen ‘The Shawshank Redemption.’ See it and then get back to me. Zack Greinke
He’s evil. I believe in redemption, but I haven’t seen any redeeming qualities in Henry Kissinger. Lyndon LaRouche
I pass over the toil and suffering and danger which attended the redemption and cultivation of their lands by the colonists, and turn to their civil condition and to the conduct and history of the government. William H. Wharton
Themes of redemption, temptation, and faith don’t necessarily apply directly to religion. A lot of people find faith in their lives outside of God and still deal with notions of temptation and redemption that aren’t religious. Will Poulter
I’m finding, as I get older, that I’m not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life – redemption does happen, and it’s cool when it does – but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own). George Saunders
My favorite filmmaker is Frank Capra. He talked about the redemption of the human spirit – not the superhero, but the common man. Bill Duke
It’s no accident that most self-help groups use ‘anonymous’ in their names; to Americans, the first step toward redemption is a ritual wiping out of the self, followed by the construction of a new one. Walter Kirn
No person and no character is beyond redemption, ultimately. That’s the great thing about playing a character that has kind of a dark side; there’s room to explore the opposite. Murray Bartlett
Life is complex. You don’t have any person who is nice from the beginning until the end. You don’t always have the notion of redemption. The bad people don’t always pay. Marjane Satrapi
Well, the things that country music is parodied for sometimes – trains, drinking, sin, cheating, redemption, jailhouses, rambling, hoboing, on and on, all those things – according to The New York Times, every one of those subject matters is still relevant. Marty Stuart
Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It’s about timing, fate, failure, redemption. Jim Sturgess
As a Christian, I believe in redemption. And I believe in second chances. Rand Paul
I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I’m confessing my sins, and describing my path of sin and then in the act of confession I beg for your forgiveness and redemption. Aleksandar Hemon
I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that’s the basis of Greek mythology. Brendan Fraser
People find meaning and redemption in the most unusual human connections. Khaled Hosseini
Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong. Ice T
If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption. Josh McDowell
I love the trilogy form. I like the idea that you can establish a character in book one. And then in the second part, you can take the characters down to their darkest point. And then in the third part, you have total freedom either to give them redemption – or just to kill them. Adrian McKinty
