Forgiveness Quotes

Now here's a good one:you're lying on your deathbed.You have one hour to live.Who is it, exactly, you have neededall these years to forgive?

Forgiveness spares the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

Forgiving is easier when we understand that forgiving someone else means that we are freeing ourselves of an unnecessary burden.

Mother, you can still hold hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live, I forgive you, Mother.

Mistakes are your school of learning therefore forgiveness is your greatest teacher in this school of learning.

Forgiveness is a promise not a feeling. When you forgive other people, you are making a promise not to use their past sin against them.

How can you forgive what I

If we really want to learn how to forgive, perhaps we had better start with something easier than the Gestapo.

I hope you can someday forgive me.''I forgive you now.

It's a kind of arrogance to be so certain you're past redemption.

Because he has never forgiven himself any fault, he can forgive no one else's.

Each one of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.

Love is a sacrificial item

I felt ashamed for having judged him so harshly without knowing the real boy. His one offense against me―goaded by Charlie’s bullying character―was easy to forgive.

If there were two enemies hating each other for a long time, to me, the winner would be the one who finally has the courage to forgive.

Forgiveness is a funny thing, it warms the heart and cools the sting.

Forgiveness is what sets us free… Forgiveness= freedom

There are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or reckless, but if you do that same thing twice, you're on your own.

You should never hate anyone, not even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You had to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

You can. It's not a matter of feeling it, it's a matter of doing it - making the decision to bend that iron will of yours in God's direction so that He can hear your prayers and unleash blessings.

Man cannot measure the bounds nor fathom the depths of divine forgiveness...

Human beings do terrible things to each other and the tragic thing about it all is the way the remembrance of past hurt can rob us of our future and become the narrative of our lives.

Forgiving yourself means that you give up on your hope that the past will be different.

To forgive does not mean to condone.

Perhaps you forgave him too much, but who among us would not wish to be so generously loved and generously forgiven?

Forgiveness is not an emotion, it's a decision.

Forgiveness can be viewed as love, But love doesn't always guarantee forgiveness.

If you think you need to forgive anyone....you got it all wrong.

A society needs to know when to forgive, but it also needs to know when to punish.

Learn to forgive others so that you can release yourself from being held captive by the very negative thoughts around you.

More Miracles occur from Gratitude and Forgiveness than anything else

Coming home seemed to have started the healing process. No longer vivid and garish, the memories seemed to be covered in gossemer, fading behind a curtain of time and forgiveness.

I have only known two men's souls in my life, one the devil, the other the the bird's wings which picked me up and carried me back to the freedom of being.

There's a hard law, mejuffrou, that when a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.

I respect all the innocent souls because they are kind enough to forgive the selfish people around them.

Forgiveness should come naturally.

There will be grace and forgiveness enough, old dog, even for you. I pray you will spare me a drink from that cup, when it overflows for you.- Miles Vorkosigan

But understand that the reason it is so difficult to extend forgiveness to those who have failed us is because we are unable to receive forgiveness for our own failures.

remembering and forgiving can be contrary things

I'm a good enough person to forgive you, and you should be a good enough person to not do it again.

The immoral woman in Luke 7 has the faith to anticipate Christ's forgiveness. She can act in love with no words to justify.

The doctrine of original sin is the doctrine according to which divine forgiveness makes known the accidental nature of human mortality, thus permitting an entirely new anthropological understanding.

I close my eyes and melt in its embrace, basking in the sweetest balm of forgiveness: that for which one need not even ask.

I forgive, ” Penny said. “But I don’t forget. I’ll remember the kind of gum you were chewing when you did me wrong.

I’m sure she didn’t mean what she said. Life’s too short to hold grudges.” “No, you just have to organize your time better, ” Elaine said. “I believe in grudges. They help you survive.

Man needs the mercy of his Maker.

I need you to forgive me. And then perhaps I can begin to forgive myself. There is no one but you who can do that either.

I'm thinking skywriting. 'Sorry I was an asshat. Please forgive my stupid butt.

I mean that repeated offences, even when they secure forgiveness, drive out love. And from that I came to say that one may compel obedience but never love.

Anyone who can't forgive someone else for screwing up is deluding themselves. Because we've all made mistakes every bit as bad. And we're each praying we'll be forgiven, too.