Forgiveness Quotes

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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.

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness.

How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.

I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness.

Forgotten is forgiven.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.

In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on him to come.

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

One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.