Forgiveness Quotes

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

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

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

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.

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

I find forgiveness to be really healthy.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

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.

Forgiveness leads to love, and love leads to forgiveness.

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

These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

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

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church's testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all, but had been applied in various churches; perhaps, however, with no strict consistency.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!

The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.