Forgiveness Quotes
I have never read, heard or seen hatred and guilt win a fight. When we walk in the light of forgiveness and love we meet true victory.
Sometimes we want to keep the battle going...until at last we we cut ourselves free. I don't forgive you to give to you, I forgive you to give to me.
You have only to forgive once. To resent, you have to doit all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things" Frank to Hannah Roennfeldt
Forgiveness means saying that you're not going to let what happened to you define you any longer.
His greatest satisfaction as a priest was to grant absolution, to help people forgive themselves for not being perfect, make amends, and get on with life.
Remembering is not enough, if it simply hardens hate. Sometimes the hating has to stop.
Okay, ' she said. And that was that. The shortest fight we'd ever had.
As long as you're still alive, you always have the chance to start again.
Forgiveness before one’s death, isn’t just about asking and receiving it, it’s also about forgiving others.
Those who cannot easily forgive will not collect many friends. Look for the best in others and yourself.
Please, Mr. Engineer let a man ride the linePlease, Mr. Engineer let a man ride the lineI ain't got no ticket please let me ride the blinds
If I did anything right it was when I decided to practice forgiveness and free my heart from pain.
Your test is to forgive those who have hurt you, when you pass your test you will see your breakthrough
But don't ever forget: adultery is also biblical grounds for forgiveness, healing, and restoration.
Forgive yourself when you fall down because we all fall down.
I know that throughout my life I have struggled to forgive my father. Now, as I get older, I wish most of all that he had been able to find a way to forgive himself.
Truth can be told in an instant, forgiveness can be offered spontaneously, but reconciliation is the work of lifetimes and generations.
Since it has quietly began to snow, new distances have awakened within me.
I have learned through repeated experiences that in order to heal, I MUST forgive. The forgiveness is not for the transgressor. The forgiveness is for ME.
Forgiveness does not mean I approve of or condone what transpired.
If someone has wronged you, tell this to yourself: “I did not deserve God’s forgiveness, but He forgave me through Christ. So I forgive this person also.
GOD Forgave you and GOD forgave me so you and I need to always forgive those who offend us and curse us and speak and write lies about us.
All of us at some time will have someone to forgive for something they did or failed to do. And all of us at some time will need forgiveness for something we did or failed to do.
You turned your guilt into resentment, because that seems easier to face. You won't move on until you turn it back into guilt, and then into forgiveness for yourself.
God has witnessed everything done to you. Those that love God will feel shame for what they did. Those that don't ....do not know God or have a concept of repentance or forgiveness.
What I did cannot be forgiven, any more than it could have been avoided.
To become a better you, take note of what gets you offended quickly and never go there or let it come to you.
Forgiveness means that you will not allow a temporary event to have “forever” repercussions.
I forgive, but I also learn a lesson. I won’t hate you, but I’ll never get close enough for you to hurt me again. I can’t let my forgiveness become foolish.
When you have a chance to forgive, think of all you'll gain and forget all you've lost.
No one can claim perfection, that's why everyone needs a second chance ad infinitum
A man is called a saint not because he does no longer sin but because he recognizes his weakness and seeks for forgiveness every time he falls
A man is called a sinner not because he sins more than others but because he defends he sins and glories in them and is unwilling to seek forgiveness
Forgiving is not forgetting. It is actually remembering - remembering and not using your right to hit back
That kind of forgiveness is of God. And if they have it, they have it, and if they don't, well, maybe they'll find it someday.
If we held grudges for all the idiotic things we said and did as freshman and sophomores, the hallways would be silent.
All that happened before is part of the process that brought you to now. And that is all. Just a step along the way.
