Forgiveness Quotes: Embracing Healing and Compassion
Forgiveness is a transformative act of letting go, releasing resentment, and embracing healing and compassion. It is a profound gift that we can give ourselves and others, allowing us to move forward, find inner peace, and restore relationships. In this article, we delve into the realm of forgiveness and present a collection of insightful quotes that inspire us to embrace forgiveness, cultivate compassion, and experience the liberation it brings.
Forgiveness is not about condoning or forgetting the harm done; rather, it is a conscious choice to free ourselves from the burden of anger, bitterness, and resentment. It is a courageous act of self-care and a pathway to personal growth and liberation. By embracing forgiveness, we open the door to healing, understanding, and the possibility of restoring broken bonds.
Words of Healing: Quotes that Inspire Forgiveness
Throughout history, philosophers, spiritual leaders, and individuals who have experienced the transformative power of forgiveness have shared their wisdom and reflections. Their words remind us of the profound impact that forgiveness can have on our lives and relationships. Below, we present a collection of thought-provoking forgiveness quotes that invite self-reflection, nurture compassion, and inspire us to embrace the liberating journey of forgiveness.
The things that interest me are less to do with perhaps finding myself and more to do with surviving and mercy and forgiveness.
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
My parents did their best – that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.
I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.
Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.
No person is perfect. I haven’t, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can’t say what you won’t ever do. And you can’t say that you won’t have forgiveness in your heart if there were to be an issue like that.
Forgiveness isn’t about condoning what has happened to you or someone else’s actions against you.
Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed – for the most part, every family’s got them.
There is freedom in forgiveness, and it’s not that hard to do once you get into the habit.
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
A wonderful quality about America is that we love redemption stories. We’re quick to lash out and assign blame, but we also draw from deep reservoirs of forgiveness.
Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this, he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God in order to imply that there is no mercy.
When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.
Look at the things you’ve done and ask for forgiveness. After clearing out that wreckage from the past, you can move forward, in a way, to keep your finger on the pulse.
As a matter of fact, forgiveness is not something you feel like doing, it’s really a choice.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
Sin penetrates to the heart, darkens and hardens it until it extinguishes the light of belief. Each sin has a path that leads to unbelief. Unless that sin is swiftly obliterated by seeking God’s forgiveness, it grows from a worm into a snake that gnaws at the heart.
Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.
The only thing I’ve settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting.
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves.
I’m a minister, I preach forgiveness all the time.
We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.
I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark’s happier. I’m sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I’ve offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness.
The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
Forgiveness isn’t just a blessing you deliver to another human being. Forgiveness is also a gift you give yourself.
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life.
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
If you look at everything I do – even in ‘Boo!’ there’s a message, and it’s always ‘faith, family, forgiveness.’ That’s the greatest gift that I’ve been given. I can get a message to the very people I grew up with, the millions who love what I do.
Can you really forgive if you can’t forget?
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
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.
Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.
Only the brave know how to forgive… a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
God forgives those who invent what they need.
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.
One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that’s even possible, interested me.
I think when you’re happy, emotions are right near the top – mine definitely are. I cry easily, I laugh easily, I lose my temper easily… and I beg for forgiveness easily.
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.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love.
I place an enormous premium on loyalty. If someone betrays me, I can forgive them rationally, but emotionally I have found it impossible to do so.
Without white South Africa realizing what it had done – and on the basis of that realization having the courage to ask for forgiveness – there can really be no significant movement.
Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.
God forgive you, but I never can.
Forgiveness is the final form of love.
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.
When I felt real forgiveness, my heart was set free.
Amnesty is the forgiveness of something. Amnesty is anything that says, ‘Do it illegally, it will be cheaper and easier.’
We cannot embrace God’s forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
You can’t legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth.
It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.
What is forgiven is usually well remembered.
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.
The mere acknowledgment that ‘God is watching’ can act as a trap, fueling bad behavior, corruption, and guilt, all remedied by God’s forgiveness. No personal responsibility is needed – someone on the outside sees whatever we’re doing and makes it all OK.
Life is life. You have to learn how to forgive people and how to gain forgiveness for yourself.
The Queen has well-informed opinions of many of her bishops and likes those who are straightforward and intelligent. Both she and Prince Philip believe Christianity is as much about forgiveness as morality.
I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It’s a gift you give yourself.
I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It’s a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process.
Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens.
If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.
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, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.
I was probably about 22 years old when I recommitted myself to get off the fence and go all in and get serious about my faith. That’s really when I experienced God’s love and His forgiveness and His true grace.
Eid is here! On the first day, it is a custom for all Malaysian Muslims to ask for forgiveness from our parents. We kiss their hands and wish them ‘Selamat Hari Raya’ or ‘Eid Mubarak.’ ‘Maaf Zahir dan Batin’ means ‘to apologize in spirit and actions.’
I think forgiveness is overrated, personally, because some things people do are unforgivable.
Forgiveness for one’s self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
Just knowing you don’t have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn – and those are all good things.
In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus assumes that asking for forgiveness would be a daily occurrence, as would praying that we might be delivered from evil and led not into temptation.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
The themes in ‘Violet’ are universal: accepting yourself with all of your flaws, moving on, and the forgiveness and freedom that comes along with that.
I am a minister and I preach forgiveness all time.
It’s far easier to forgive an enemy after you’ve got even with him.
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated – like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy – or we’re not going to get there.
My parents are very good examples of Christians. They are big on forgiveness.
Historically, narratives of forgiveness were part of both the anti-slavery movement and the civil rights movement in America. ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ for instance, was based loosely on the life of the Rev. Josiah Henson, who forgave his master that wanted to sell him and beat him after Henson begged him not to.
Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.
Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you’re not hurting the person you hate. You’re hurting yourself. And that’s a healing. Actually, it’s a real healing, forgiveness.
Every effort should be made to help build the new democratic nation with reconciliation and forgiveness, for the sake of Egypt and not for the benefit of a party or a group.
For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Choosing forgiveness opens the door of your heart and makes way for a miracle in your life.
Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.
The people who did you wrong or who didn’t quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.
Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons.
Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it’s a personal life or a national life.
Without forgiveness, there’s no future.
We cannot serve the Lord if we don’t have a heart of forgiveness.
God’s forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.
Sin and forgiveness and falling and getting back up and losing the pearl of great price in the couch cushions but then finding it again, and again, and again? Those are the stumbling steps to becoming Real, the only script that’s really worth following in this world or the one that’s coming.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.
I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I’m a Buddhist.
Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time.
The gospel of Jesus Christ encompasses much more than avoiding, overcoming, and being cleansed from sin and the bad influences in our lives; it also essentially entails doing good, being good, and becoming better. Repenting of our sins and seeking forgiveness are spiritually necessary, and we must always do so.
I see the good in people, and I believe in forgiveness.
It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
The FREED Vets Act will make student debt forgiveness for eligible disabled veterans automatic, both now and in the future.
Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.
It’s only through Christ that we can take full advantage of God’s mercy and forgiveness through repentance in Jesus’ name.
I can’t turn the clock back but I can seek the forgiveness of those I’ve wronged.
So many people ask, ‘How could you forgive your mother for the way you were raised?’ It’s really not forgiveness, in my opinion. It’s acceptance. She’s never going to be the sort of mother who wants to take care of me.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
When people do, or say, things we don’t believe in, forgiveness can feel disgusting. But when you try to think of someone who isn’t worthy of it, it’s hard to find an example.
The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
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.
Forgiveness is a spiritual practice and biblical mandate from the New Testament that many American Christians engage in as a part of their faith.
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, in some cases, is a flipping miracle in the sense that you’re fighting, and suddenly something happens. It’s a kind of grace. Whether you believe in God or not, something happens, and it’s transformative.
The forgiveness that comes of patient interpretation seems impossible when those nearest to your heart are threatened.
The things the writers have me doing on ‘Suburgatory’ are insane. I think they think it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.
Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.
You’ve just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn’t help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it’s easy to say and harder to do.
Forgiveness provides hope, joy, and a bright future that nothing else can.
I’ve been interested in the idea of forgiveness and the necessity of it. I think of it as the most critical piece of any relationship, whether that be business, or romantic, or familial. We fail each other. We make mistakes. If we contract to go on after those mistakes, forgiveness is involved. Forgiveness is required.
Christians – whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever – have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That’s what Christianity is.
Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.
In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness.
I pray for forgiveness. For help and guidance. To be a better person. For the health of my family. For the world to be a better place.
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I’ll forgive Thy great big joke on me.
I realized that it’s all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba.
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.
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
We’d do better to follow the admonition of Jesus about loving our neighbours. People in the U.S. are capable of forgiveness and willing to see one another’s point of view, but when matters become politicised, we’re less able to do that.
I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.
God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won’t.
Forgiveness became a big part of the civil rights movement, juxtaposed against the violence of protesters and law enforcement. King described forgiveness in one of his early sermons as a pardon, a process of life, and the Christian weapon of social redemption.
I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.
I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.
Forgiveness is God’s command.
Forgive those who have hurt you.
What is forgiveness? An emotion? A coping mechanism? An element of deepest faith? A way for the heart and soul to combat the type of hate, anger, rage and a thirst for revenge that could ultimately consume a person? All of those and more?
In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I’m keeping a chart.
I’m currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness.
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
The blood of Christ covers all of our sins, but each of us must do personal business with God in order to experience his forgiveness.
Well, I’ve never left my faith – but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God’s love and God’s forgiveness.
I introduced the FREED Vets Act to make student debt forgiveness for disabled veterans automatic, both now and in the future, regardless of who is in the White House.
The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.
I believe in forgiveness.
And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.
My husband was a serial adulterer, and there was nothing I could do about it: no questions I could ask him, no argument I could have with him, no explanation he could give me or pleas he could make for forgiveness.
I believe in forgiveness; I believe in trying to work with people.
These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.
God’s forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.
It’s said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies – because you never know when you’ll have to work with them.
Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process.
In reality, student loan forgiveness is welfare for the rich: a federal mandate that people who will make less money on average over the course of their lives bail out people who will make more money on average over the course of their lives.
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.
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.
Forgiveness is a gift, and central to faith.
I think forgiveness is probably one of the greatest forms of self-love there is because you don’t do forgiveness for anybody else. My captors will never care if I forgive them… It will not make a day of difference to them at all, but it will make a huge difference to me.
I have always had tremendous amount of patience, compassion and forgiveness.
I learned that I have purpose and my experiences no matter how horrible taught me heart, strength and forgiveness!
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.
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.
The Way Of The Fist’ is not quite a Shakespearian depiction of anger and revenge. This song was more my way of releasing all the pent up aggression I felt against some people who wronged me beyond the point of any kind of forgiveness or mercy.
Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
By their innocence and goodness, by their boundless capacity for forgiveness, and by the sheer power of their faith and hope, children redeem their parents, bringing out their best selves.
For the millions of Americans, like my family, who believe that there is a creator God who can be known personally, Christmas is a celebration of Jesus’ offer of love and forgiveness for all people.
Do you ever achieve total forgiveness after screwing up?
Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
And you know, when you’ve experienced grace and you feel like you’ve been forgiven, you’re a lot more forgiving of other people. You’re a lot more gracious to others.
The full benefit of forgiveness of sin through the Savior’s Atonement begins with repentance and baptism and then expands upon receiving the Holy Ghost.
I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek – I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.
I think it’s important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.
If I get to the end of my life, if I die, and I find out religion is one big lie, I still won’t regret it because it’s helped me to live a better life, to be a better person, to care about people, to believe in forgiveness, to believe in hope.
The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
Every one of us have been disappointed before and have had to go through the grieving process of anger and, you know, disappointment and then acceptance and forgiveness.
The spirit of forgiveness should prevail, and there should be tolerance and understanding among all political parties for us to move forward.
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.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.
Thankfully, forgiveness, and the healing it brings in its wake, has nothing to do with ‘deserve.’
I think faith gives us a structure around which to try to organize our lives. I’m also a big believer, and very thankful that there’s forgiveness.
The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church’s testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all, but had been applied in various churches; perhaps, however, with no strict consistency.
If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness.
I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose again, and that’s my belief. I still don’t know what ‘Christian’ means. I’m a follower of Christ, but I keep making a whole bunch of mistakes. And I thank God for forgiveness.
The power of forgiveness transcends personal relationships.
As a practicing Catholic all my life, my faith and the church are never far from my mind. The lessons I learned in the church have structured the way I’ve approached my life and my career. They were lessons of grace, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion.
Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours.
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
Forgiveness in any aspect of something that is complex is the greatest tool.
Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.
My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.
I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.
Not only were the Jewish people beloved, but God himself had taken pains to let them know it. Could there be any clearer sign that he continued to believe in their potential, even without the Temple, to achieve forgiveness and ultimately merit the Temple’s rebuilding?
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.
Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.
I never forgive, but I always forget.
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Having known war I know the value of peace. Having lived under government control I know the value of freedom. Having lived with hatred, terror and corruption I know the value of faith and forgiveness.
We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it’s just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.
The ability to forgive is one of man’s greatest achievements.
Dear friends: faith and forgiveness is much more powerful than napalm could ever be.
9/11 revealed that those about to die do not seem afraid or plead for forgiveness for their sins, if they think about them at all. They all have one thing in mind – those they love – and they all do the same thing: They call them up – spouses, family or friends – to tell them they love them.
The biggest takeaway from a memoir is that you have to play fair. Within the first draft, I was writing very angrily because I had a lot of resentment and a lot to process. Through revision is where a lot of learning happened and a lot of forgiveness happened.
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.
One can’t relive one’s life. Forgiveness is not what’s difficult; one’s always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that’s obvious.
‘Ida’ is about humanity, about guilt and forgiveness. It’s not a film that deals with an issue as such. It’s more universal.
Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It’s a sign of weakness.
How can we condemn those who are truly blinded by evil? We can’t. We shouldn’t. How do we bring about conversion of those living in blindness? By love. By truth in charity. By offering forgiveness. By offering mercy. With prayer.
Certainly people make mistakes in their life. I’m no different, I’ve made mistakes. When people mess up, we forgive them. When I mess up, I ask for forgiveness.
I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I’m confessing my sins, and describing my path of sin and then in the act of confession I beg for your forgiveness and redemption.
What if we strove for compassion, for mercy, for forgiveness? And what if we did this for everybody, including people who have harmed others?
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.
I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive – the power is in love and forgiveness.
I have sinned against You, my Lord, and I would ask that your precious blood would wash and cleanse every stain until it is in the seas of God’s forgiveness.
My experience has shown me that many people struggle with forgiveness of self and/or others.
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
We need Grace and forgiveness.
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.
On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial… whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.
People have to render judgment. In my case, I’ve said upfront openly, I’ve made mistakes at times. I’ve had to go to God for forgiveness. I’ve had to seek reconciliation. But I’m also a 68-year-old grandfather, and I think people have to measure who I am now and whether I’m a person they can trust.
If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption.
We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness.
I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.
I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.
Once people are not here physically, the spiritual remains. We still connect, we can communicate, we can give and receive love and forgiveness. There is love after someone dies.
The struggle between Israelis and Palestinians is a perfect reflection of the struggle between fear and forgiveness that rages within us all.
Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.
All I could do was try to build a new life and find a way somehow to repair some of the damage. People had every reason to doubt my sincerity, but most of them didn’t. And – given my history, it was more than I could’ve hoped for – forgiveness and the benefit of the doubt. It still amazes me.
There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved.
Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.
We have to look at loan forgiveness to incentivise young people to pursue degrees in areas where we know we need help.
I believe the Scriptures teach that there’s a literal heaven and a literal hell, just like Jesus said. And without forgiveness of sins that, yeah, the place of punishment is called hell.
Forgiveness is a big part of – especially post-civil rights movement – is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn’t raised within the Christian church; I wasn’t raised within any church.
Since I began my practice of Forgiveness Therapy, it’s now instinctual for me to choose to eat like I love myself – instead of eating like I wanted to punish myself. Plus I’ve not only lost weight, I’ve lost the anger and anxiety I was feeling, and so I feel happier and calmer within.
As our nation’s student debt crisis has reached a breaking point, we’ve been hearing lots of talk about student loan forgiveness. It’s taken me 20 years to forgive myself for my loan – and just as long to pay it off.
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness.
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.
I’ve learned powerful lessons about the nature of forgiveness from human rights defenders. For example, for the greater good of his country, Kofi Woods emerged from a torture chamber in Liberia to later defend the very men who had brutalized him.
I believe in forgiveness, I believe in second chances, and I believe we should find a way to restore the Second Amendment rights to people who are qualified and have shown themselves qualified to have those rights restored to them.
My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.
I struggle with insecurities. I struggle with forgiveness. I struggle with letting someone go that did me dirty without vengeance, which is an evil thing.
I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It’s a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It’s not something that happens overnight. It’s an evolution of the heart.
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.
There’s more anticipation, there’s more forgiveness once you prove yourself to the fans.
I love discussing social issues, but I’m not interested in scare tactics. I believe there is a way to bring awareness in tandem with forgiveness and love.
I think there are different levels of forgiveness.
Forgotten is forgiven.
It’s always best to ask for forgiveness if you feel that you made a mistake. And again, asking for forgiveness is not just saying the words ‘I’m sorry’; it is also offering what you need to do.
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
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.
You can’t forgive without loving. And I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‘I forgive. I’m finished with it.’
It seems to me like Mother Nature’s mercy and forgiveness have run dry, as we ceaselessly abuse her and take her for granted in order for us to continue our addiction to using fossil fuels. I’ve gotta say, I don’t blame her. Not one bit.
In conclusion, forgiveness quotes serve as gentle reminders of the transformative power of forgiveness in our lives. As we navigate the complexities of human relationships, may these quotes inspire us to cultivate forgiveness within ourselves, extend compassion to others, and experience the healing and liberation that forgiveness brings. Let us remember that forgiveness is a journey, and by choosing to forgive, we create space for healing, growth, and the possibility of rebuilding bridges that were once broken.
