Forgiveness Quotes

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.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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.

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.

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.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

To be social is to be forgiving.

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.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

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.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

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.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

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.

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

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

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.