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It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.
Sep 16, 2025
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said seventy times seven. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.
What is forgiven is usually well remembered.
Forgive those who have hurt you.
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.
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.
Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
Forgiveness is taking seriously the awfulness of what has happened when you are treated unfairly. Forgiveness is not pretending that things are other than the way they are.
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
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 is a gift you give yourself.
Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
The weak can never forgive.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.
When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
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.
Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
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.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.
It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.