Forgiveness Quotes

2479 Forgiveness quotes by 1209 unique authors

We each have been betrayed. Let yourself picture and remember the many ways this is true. Feel the sorrow you have carried from this past.… — Jack Kornfield
Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some cases the best practice may… — Jack Kornfield
But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of… — Jack Kornfield
It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life. — Jack Kornfield
I believe in sympathy, compassion and forgiveness. — Pervez Musharraf
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… — Susan Smith
In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness. — Pat Conroy
At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself. He bore the judgment we deserve in order… — John Stott
The incentive to peacemaking is love, but it degenerates into appeasement whenever justice is ignored. To forgive and to ask for forgiveness are both costly… — John Stott
Forgiveness, quite frankly, is the most selfish thing you can do. Because it is the greatest thing you can do for yourself. — Caroline Myss
Always pass a plate of forgiveness before each verbal feast. — Anabel Jensen
Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave. — Indira Gandhi
Religion is spelled 'D-O', because it consists of the things people do try to somehow gain God's forgiveness and favor. But the problem is that… — Bill Hybels
What I envy most about you Christians is your forgiveness; I have nobody to forgive me. — Unknown Author
Forgiveness is a gift to yourself. It frees you from the past, past experiences, and past relationships. It allows you to live in the present… — Louise Hay
Forgiveness of the present is even more important than forgiveness of the past. If you forgive every moment - allow it to be as it… — Eckhart Tolle
This is misguided and toxic and ultimately subverts the contagious spread of Jesus’ message of love, peace, forgiveness and joy that our world desperately needs… — Rob Bell
The saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not what we do in order to earn forgiveness;… — Brennan Manning
One of the most staggering truths of the Scriptures is to understand that we do not earn our way to heaven. ...works have a place--but… — Ravi Zacharias
Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul. — Bebe Moore Campbell
In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents. — Beryl Markham
I could forgive the boy, now, if he'd committed a million sins! — Mark Twain
It seems that most people need to experience a great deal of suffering before they will relinquish resistance and accept - before they will forgive. — Eckhart Tolle
The press is ferocious. It forgives nothing, it only hunts for mistakes . . . In my position anyone sane would have left a long… — Princess Diana
To forgive is human, to forget divine. — Unknown Author

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