Your post is lumping two things together.
Repentance is "saying the same thing" about sin as God's view. To the unbeliever, turning away from his own way and to God is repentance.
You asked previously about a believer who sinned after being saved. In that case, God still desires repentance to restore fellowship. Until that happens and afterwards, the person remains saved.
Certainly God desires repentance. More than that: He requires it. But please clarify: you're saying that the prideful sinner "remains" saved regardless, without repentance?