Forgiveness Quotes · Page 108

If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.

— Rollo May

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

— Julia Ward Howe

Sometimes a person needs to hear you forgive them so they can start to forgive themselves.

— Rachel Gibson

If someone has offended you, start sowing forgiveness. You may need some yourself someday.

— Joyce Meyer

“I am Chandulal’ is the greatest blunder. Mistakes can be forgiven, but not the blunders.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Not forgiving somebody is like drinking poison and hoping that the offender will get sick.

— Gary Smalley

Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.

— Nelson Mandela

It's funny how some people are so unforgiving, until they're the ones seeking forgiveness.

— Anonymous

Everyone needs a mother who forgives all mistakes, a father who fulfills wishes and a true friend who help him when he…

— Anonymous

I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again.

— Catherine Marshall

“There can only be a need for forgiveness when first there is blame. And there can only be blame, when first there…

— Mike Dooley

“What is unhealthy is every wallowing in guilt which does not lead to confession, repentance, faith in Jesus Christ and so forgiveness.”

— John Stott

Give plenty of what is given to you, And listen to pity's call. Don't think the little you give is great, And…

— Phoebe Cary

The things the writers have me doing on 'Suburgatory' are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than…

— Cheryl Hines

Forgiveness is self-perpetuating. When I feel my capacity to forgive is diminished, it is most likely because I haven't really forgiven.

— Anonymous

Look in the mirror...see yourself, be yourself, love yourself and forgive yourself...then everyone else will see the same wonderful you!

— Superman

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges.…

— Monte Irvin

“My dad sent me dozens of texts to the effect that he was ready to forgive me for my 'outburst' and that…

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus

Why forgive one who wrongs you? Because if you angrily strike back you misrepresent your own divine soul nature-you are no better…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

The gospel of Jesus Christ encompasses much more than avoiding, overcoming, and being cleansed from sin and the bad influences in our…

— David A. Bednar

By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of "the soul of goodness in things evil;" by a cheerful…

— Frederick William Robertson

We do not really know how to forgive until we know what it is to be forgiven. Therefore we should be glad…

— Hannah More

“Love finds you in the forgiveness at the tail end of a fight. Love finds you in the empathy you feel for…

— Colleen Hoover

I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of…

— Michele Bachmann

Thank you god for all my blessings forgive me for my sins. Watch over my loved ones, amen.

— Anonymous

“Over time, we commit acts with intentions, either good or bad, that require forgiveness.”

— Emily Thorne

“God calls us to trust Him and be joyful and full of gratitude despite our circumstances.”

— Victorya Wright

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Forgiving someone is easy to say but it's hard to accept. . . mostly if it was a betrayal.

— KC

Forgiving others is easier when I remember that Im human and can be rather ridiculous too.

— Aroha Janet

I have served a sufficiently long sentence. I am not asking for a pardon of my conviction.

— Chelsea Manning

“We forgive the crimes of individuals, but not their participation in a collective crime.”

— Marcel Proust

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The dark sickened pain inside of me was suffocating. I didn’t deserve forgiveness. Derek”

— Chloe Walsh

Sometimes you only forgive someone because you can't imagine not having them in your life.

— Anonymous

There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.

— Dana Perino

Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man who misses ones.

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

“Forgiveness is an active decision to turn toward goodness in your thoughts and behavior.”

— Gina Simmons Schneider

“When you are unable to forgive someone, you deny yourself a life free of anger and hate.”

— Winsome Campbell-Green

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

— Jean Paul