Forgiveness Quotes

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

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.

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life.

Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

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

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

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

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

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.

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.