Forgiveness Quotes

2479 Forgiveness quotes by 1209 unique authors

Don't ask permission to be happy. Don't beg for forgiveness. Just do it. — Paulo Coelho
Forgiveness does not mean excusing. — C.S. Lewis
God always forgives, always. But he asks that I forgive. If I don't forgive, in a certain sense I am closing the door to God's… — Pope Francis
To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others. — Jack Kornfield
Consequences don’t just go away. They aren’t suddenly dissolved just because forgiveness has been desired or given. — Tracie Peterson
Without forgiveness, metaphysics are useless. — Gary Renard
Have a policy of pre-emptive forgiveness. Refuse to get offended by petty things. Make a decision early on to cut the other person some slack… — Gaelen Foley
There is no peace without forgiveness. — Marianne Williamson
It's not our ability to get forgiveness that saves us. It's out ability to grant forgiveness. — Jeri Smith-Ready
To love someone properly probably means that you won’t be very popular. Pure love, loving the way it was intended, is unfortunately a foreign concept… — Mark Hart
Even to this day, grace remains hard to swallow. Religiosity and moralism go down easier than free forgiveness. — Robert Farrar Capon
Forgiveness is as wide as repentance. — Marion G. Romney
The ultimate form of love for God and men is forgiveness. — Marion D. Hanks
Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The essence of the miracle of forgiveness is that it brings peace to the previously anxious, restless, frustrated, perhaps tormented soul. — Spencer W. Kimball
Our journey is demanding enough that the need for reassurance as well as reminders is constant. — Neal A. Maxwell
If it were not for repentance and forgiveness, I would become discouraged and discontinue my labors. — J. Golden Kimball
When the doctrine of repentance is fully understood then it is seen that repentance is all that ever needs to be taught for repentance means… — Daniel H. Ludlow
Sometimes we can take offense so easily. On other occasions we are too stubborn to accept a sincere apology. Who will subordinate ego, pride, and… — Thomas S. Monson
If you, through poor judgment, were to cover your shoes with mud, would you leave them that way? Of course not. You would cleanse and… — Richard G. Scott
If there be any who nurture in their hearts the poisonous brew of enmity toward another, I plead with you to ask the Lord for… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Mercy is to care, and care very deeply about one another. It is to care to the point where we are prepared to be involved… — W. Phillip Keller
The soul that acquires the virtue of forgiveness won't find any more trouble. No matter what happens, he will know how to run his life… — Chico Xavier
Un-forgiveness is like cancer; it eats you from the inside out. — Mary Johnson
I free myself from hatred through forgiveness and love. — Paulo Coelho

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