Forgiveness Quotes - Page 3

If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is both saying that justice has been violated and not letting that violation count against the offender.

Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.

No poem in the world could do my mom justice. Despite circumstance and adversity, she had an unwavering love for her kids and a faith-based, boundless capacity for forgiveness.

We believe that the farm should be building 'forgiveness' into the ecosystem. What does that mean? That a more forgiving ecosystem is one that can better handle drought, flood, disease, pestilence.

The films of which I'm most proud I've written are the ones that pivot on forgiveness.

Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.

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.

There are curveballs that are thrown at you, and you just have to get over it and forgive... if you believe you're perfect, and you don't believe in forgiveness, you're not meant to be married.

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.

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

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.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.

Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process.

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

Forgiveness isn't just a blessing you deliver to another human being. Forgiveness is also a gift you give yourself.

Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.

My whole life I have sort of done my own thing. I rarely ask permission; I sometimes ask forgiveness.

I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.

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

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

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

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.

As forces of hate in this country and worldwide try to pull Muslims and Christians apart, we are in desperate need of a unifying force that can bridge the widening gap of interfaith misunderstanding and mistrust. That force could be the message of love, peace, and forgiveness taught by Jesus and accepted by followers of both faiths.

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.

On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

We cannot go alone to God. We belong to His Mystical Body, the Church; by even our most secret sins, if they be grievous, we have injured the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ and must ask forgiveness of His Mystical Body, too.