Forgiveness Quotes
Quotes about Forgiveness
62 quotes
- “Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great ...” — Lucretius
- “I don't want you to feel sorry for me. I want you to forgive yourself for being human, just like you would forgive anyon...” — Brenda Hodnett
- “Deep down inside, each of us knows what our truths are. It is forgivable to lose them...It is unforgivable not to reclai...” — Holli Kenley
- “But I was learning forgiveness didn’t have to be about granting absolution for sins but being able to find freedom from ...” — Heather Topham Wood
- “Let us never be deceived into thinking that the magnitude of our sin negates His grace, for grace just abounds all the m...” — Kathy Herman "never Look Back
- “I close my eyes and melt in its embrace, basking in the sweetest balm of forgiveness: that for which one need not even a...” — Leslie Cannold
- “We should learn by reflection on the misfortunes of others that there is nothing singular in those which befall ourselve...” — Thomas Fitzosborne
- “Granny was right,' I said. 'When you forgive someone it does make you stronger. It makes your heart bigger than your hat...” — Jack Gantos
- “Forgiveness in no way requires you to trust the one you forgive. It doesn't mean the relationship must be restored. p. 6...” — Roberta Fish
- “I feel so sorry that many Christians live in bondage even though Jesus has signed their release form with His own blood.” — Brother Yun
- “It is possible to own too much. A man with one watch knows what time it is a man with two watches is never quite sure.” — Lee Segall
- “We must give ourselves more earnestly and intelligently and generously than we have to the happy duty of appreciation.” — Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer
- “Forgiveness is brave, sets us free from darkness, and allows light to shine the sweet fragrance of life into our souls” — Paul Bradley Smith
- “The old adage of forgive and forget became a trudge through quicksand on a beach as high tide crashed onto the shore.” — I.e. Castellano
- “If you wish good on someone with your whole heart, you cannot hold onto feelings of unforgiveness. You will be free.” — C S Areson
- “All that happened before is part of the process that brought you to now. And that is all. Just a step along the way.” — Stevie Puckett
- “No one has yet had the courage to memorialize his wealth on his tombstone. A dollar mark would not look well there.” — Corra May Harris
- “Nor need we power or splendor wide hall or lordly dome the good the true the tender-these form the wealth of home.” — Sarah Josepha Hale
- “We always have enough to be happy if we are enjoying what we do have- and not worrying about what we don't have.” — Ken Keyes
- “How few are our real wants and how easy is it to satisfy them! Our imaginary ones are boundless and insatiable.” — Julius Charles Hare
- “I forgive myself for having believed for so long that... I was never good enough to have get be what I wanted.” — Ceanne Derohan
- “God can make you whole again. Past experiences may not disappear, but they don’t have the same effect on you.” — Thea Harris
- “A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.” — Linda Sue Park
- “If you would but exchange places with the other fellow how much more you could appreciate your own position.” — Victor E. Gardner
- “Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances.” — Abraham Tucker
- “One deep breath, one last step and out into oblivion where death held out its arms into a welcoming embrace.” — Stephen Craig
- “One of life's gifts is that each of us no matter how tired and downtrodden finds reasons for thankfulness.” — J. Robert Maskin
- “Without forgiveness life is governed ... by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.” — Robert Assaglioli
- “Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick.” — Marion Woodman
- “There is help for the helpless, hope for the hopeless, and forgiveness for the inexcusable.” — Mary A. Pérez
- “Much unhappiness results from our inability to remember the nice things that happen to us.” — W. N. Rieger
- “Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness or else forgiving another.” — Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
- “One well-cultivated talent deepened and enlarged is worth one hundred shallow faculties.” — William Matthews
- “Remembering is not enough, if it simply hardens hate. Sometimes the hating has to stop.” — Eric Lomax
- “Forgiving yourself means that you give up on your hope that the past will be different.” — Edward M. Hallowell
- “Love, forgiveness, modesty, humility and gratitude are most important virtues in life.” — P. Remes
- “Forgiveness, which is the place that every story turns, the chance we give each other.” — Beth Kephart
- “Considering the fortune you might have lost you'll have to admit you're rich already.” — John Rothchild
- “The beginning of men's rebellion against God was and is the lack of a thankful heart.” — Francis Schaeffer
- “Forgiveness comes later in life, after you've created enough disasters of your own.” — Mat Johnson
- “Sometimes a person can say I’m sorry a thousand times and that glue will never dry.” — Stephanie Kallos
- “Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.” — Lady Marguerite Blessington
- “A man who accustoms himself to buy superfluities is often in want of necessities.” — Hannah Farnham Lee
- “Forgiveness enables me to walk away from that pain, the loneliness and suffering.” — Sharon E. Rainey
- “Forgiveness can be viewed as love, But love doesn't always guarantee forgiveness.” — Gisclerc Morisset
- “The days are too short even for love how can there be enough time for quarreling?” — Margaret Gatty
- “We are not defined by what knocks us down - we are defined by how we get back up” — Madeleine Black
- “Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.” — Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco
- “I'm thinking skywriting. 'Sorry I was an asshat. Please forgive my stupid butt.” — Erin Watt
- “The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge.” — Moses Luzzatto