Forgiving Quotes
For all those who make such stories which are not true, I only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves.
Love has been called the most effective motivational force in all the world. When love is at work in us, it is remarkable how giving and forgiving, understanding and tolerant we can be.
We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do-we do it all the time.
I forgive everyone. There's no reason to hold anything against someone. Revenge is over with.
Forgiving is divine. Plead for the guidance of the Spirit of the Lord to forgive wrongs, to overcome faults, and to strengthen relationships.
Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.
God's truth tells us the truth about ourselves, but His grace forgives us for the truth He reveals.
Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.
It's an inside job to learn about forgiving, it's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living.
God desires to reveal to us that His capacity to forgive is bigger than our capacity to sin.
Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation.
The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.
In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.
It is God's job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. Forgiving means abandoning your right to pay back the perpetrator in his own coin.
The most important thing about being a father is being able to forgive yourself. If you don't forgive yourself, you're not going to forgive your kids, either.
There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Carrying a grudge is difficult work that brings nothing of value. Forgive, and be free.
... I'm much closer to the people at the bottom than the people at the top, and the latter won't forgive me for it.
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull.
If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly.
We cannot repent for someone else. But we can forgive someone else, refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free!
Forgiving other people who have wronged us or hurt us or embarrassed us is not easy. In fact, sometimes it seems impossible. But that is what God did for us and what He asks us to do for others.
I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle.
When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
You can work on healing, uplifting, and changing situations from a place of forgiveness, instead of from a place of resentment. Forgive yourself and everyone, and you are free!
It is just as necessary to forgive ourselves as it is to forgive others, and the principal reason why forgiveness seemed so difficult is because we have neglected to forgive ourselves.
To not forgive is to drink a little poison each day and expect the other person to die.