Forgiveness Quotes

Forgiveness prompted by love is the only way to repair the devastation that so often mars our relationships.

Forgiveness is attention without judgment. It heals the one who forgives and the one who is forgiven.

Virtue isn't not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.

Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcæus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge.

Used to be all I'd want to learn was wisdom, trust and truth, now all I really want to learn is Forgiveness for you

And what if I don't want forgiveness?

It is impossible to move on to new states of mind unless you seek the forgiveness of those you've offended.

The only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness.

From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.

It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.

Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.

To understand is not only to pardon, but in the end to love.

I think forgiveness is absolutely mandatory. When you don't forgive the only person you are hurting is yourself because you are still harboring the anger and the mental anguish.

Who would care to question the ground of forgiveness or compassion.

Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God.

Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do!

Forgiveness frees the forgiver.

Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy? Forgive yourself and stop punishing yourself.

No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.

My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.

I ask for your forgiveness. I feel so miserable that it's difficult even to say sorry.

For every sin there is forgiveness, and especially for the sins of youth.

Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise.

The enslaver is enslaved, the hater, harmed.

Never think you can separate who you are from what you're doing.

Become more accepting. With every interaction, surrender any tendency to judge another person. Pray for a more accepting heart.

it's easier to forgive your enemies than to forgive your friends.

I have forgiven you. Nevertheless, begone!

Forgiveness is not saying that the one who hurt you was right. Forgiveness is stating that God is faithful and he will do what is right.

I think we have such a crown jewel in the forgiveness of God, and it changes people's lives.

Forgiveness is a scalpel that removes emotional scars.

Sometimes forgiveness is the hardest thing to give, but the most cherished thing to receive.

Every adult was once a child free from prejudice.

Repentance is a blessing to all of us. We each need to feel the Savior's arms of mercy through the forgiveness of our sins.

South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

Ask forgiveness, not permission. But make sure you bring your results with you.

Joy is the true gift of Christmas, and we can communicate this joy simply: with a smile, a kind gesture, a little help, forgiveness. And the joy we give will certainly come back to us.

Forgiveness, dialogue, reconciliation - these are the words of peace, in beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the world.

Holy Mother Church teaches us to end the year and also our days with an examination of conscience...to be grateful and to ask for forgiveness.

Forgive the person who has caused the most pain in your life and it will make you feel better.

Put anger aside. It is not a solution. Patience and love is a solution. With compassion and action, together we can end slavery.

It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

In love, there really is no "Right" and "Wrong". You just have to decide what you're willing to forgive

Forgiveness essentially means giving up your right to make other people pay for the wrongs they have committed against you.

God forgives not capriciously, but with wise, definite, Divine pre arrangement; forgives universally, on the grounds of atonement and on the condition of repentance and faith.

Forgiveness is Truth itself. It is Righteousness, it is the Veda. It is the supreme virtue in this world.

We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't.

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