Forgiven Quotes

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God - as I read in the word, you're supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?

Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.

I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.

Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven.

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.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

I'll never be a non-stumbler. I'll be a forgiven stumbler, but never a non-stumbler.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.

People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.

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

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won't forget them.

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

Forgotten is forgiven.

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by men.