Forgiveness Quotes

You're only human. Let's break free of this gravity of judgment And fly high on the wings of forgiveness.

My great idea is that we must forgive the Pope. First of all, he needs it more than anyone else. Besides, it is the only way of placing oneself above him.

It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?

In our relations with the people around us, we forgive them more readily for what they do, which they can help, than for what they are, which they cannot help.

The truly great man is as apt to forgive as his power is able to revenge.

But they're family, and you forgive them, even if they are human equivalent of hyenas. Because that's what you do, Posey. Forgive.

Forgiveness is man's deepest need and highest achievement.

Recognizing a problem doesn't always bring a solution, but until we recognize that problem, there can be no solution.

In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.

He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.

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

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.

Forgiveness leads to love, and love leads to forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the divinest of victories.

God's forgiveness extends to the worst offenders and to anyone who wishes to receive it-not because of who we are, but because of who He is.

Did man e'er live Saw priest or woman yet forgive?

The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.

With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them.

God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.

Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.

Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end, and the Lord of life holds all who die and all who mourn.

Do you prefer that you be right or happy?

In Lake Wobegon, we don't forget mistakes.

Anytime you try to be a loving person, you're doing your part to save the world.

But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.

As long as you hate, there will be people to hate.

The rebels will be thinking about retaliation, what we have to do is stop; stop and transform it into a spiral of forgiveness and reconciliation.

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

I could see peace instead of this.

When we stray from His presence, He longs for you to come back. He weeps that you are missing out on His love, protection and provision. He throws His arms open, runs toward you, gathers you up, and welcomes you home.

I discovered that forgiveness is a path to freedom.

God forgives us. ... Who am I not to forgive?

He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness.

Failure to do the good that is within your power is hard to forgive. But mercy and prayer reclaim the negligent.

Forgiveness is as wide as repentance.

If there be any who nurture in their hearts the poisonous brew of enmity toward another, I plead with you to ask the Lord for strength to forgive. This expression of desire will be of the very substance of your repentance. It may not be easy, and it may not come quickly. But if you will seek it with sincerity and cultivate it, it will come. And even though he whom you have forgiven continues to pursue and threaten you, you will know you have done what you could to effect a reconciliation. There will come into your heart a peace otherwise unattainable.

Decide to forgive: For resentment is negative; resentment is poisoning; resentment diminishes and devours the self.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

If little faults proceeding on distemper Shall not be winked at, how shall we stretch our eye When capital crimes, chewed, swallowed, and digested, Appear before us?

The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying "Peace, peace," where is no peace; if I forget the poignant word "Let love be without dissimulation" and blunt the edge of truth, speaking not right things but smooth things, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.

I have talked with people that have no assurance of sins forgiven. They want to feel saved before they're willing to commit themselves to Christ. But I believe that the only ones whom God actually witnesses by His Spirit are born of Him, are the people whether they say it or not, that come to Jesus Christ and say something like this: 'Lord Jesus, I'm gonna obey You and love You and serve You and do what You want me to do as long as I live even if I go to hell at the end of the road simply because You are worthy to be loved, obeyed and served. And I'm not trying to make a deal with You.'

Life is flying by. You don't have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward.

We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate - thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.

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.

Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.