African american Quote by Roy L. Pickering Jr

“A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away…

— Rambler

“It is wise to know God forgives sins, if only turn to walk in the light.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Till he be merciful to pardon our sins through Christ, he cannot bless or look kindly on us sinners.”

— William Gurnall

“It is forgiveness that sets a man working for God. He does not work in order to be forgiven, but because he has been…

— Horatius Bonar

“He is conscious of the past and present injustices, but he knows that real remedies are to be found in contemporary Christian compassion, and…

— Neal A. Maxwell

“They knew what forgiveness was; they were willing to take him for better or worse; they loved him.”

— Richard Yates

“what he had learned himself by pain and grace? That only by forgiveness could she forget – and that forgiveness was not a single…

— Diana Gabaldon

“It's cheaper to pardon than to resent. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, and the waste of spirit.”

— Hannah More

“This recurred to his mind unceasingly. To this celestial kindness he opposed pride, which is the fortress of evil within us. He was indistinctly…

— Victor Hugo

“It was only by faith in Christ that they could secure pardon of sin and receive strength to obey God's law. They must cease…

— Ellen G. White

“We desperately need pardon. We need to have the past erased. We need, somehow, to have sin dealt with so that it no longer…

— John Webster

“He used to believe that to forgive was to allow an offense to go unpunished. Now he finally understood that forgiveness was not about…

— Sherry Thomas