Quotes about Forgiveness

“Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.”

“'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.”

“In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.”

“In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus assumes that asking for forgiveness would be a daily occurrence, as would praying that we might be delivered from evil and led not into temptation.”

“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.”

“Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.”

“No poem in the world could do my mom justice. Despite circumstance and adversity, she had an unwavering love for her kids and a faith-based, boundless capacity for forgiveness.”

“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”

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

“Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life.”

“Can you really forgive if you can't forget?”

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”

“A wonderful quality about America is that we love redemption stories. We're quick to lash out and assign blame, but we also draw from deep reservoirs of forgiveness.”

“I am a minister and I preach forgiveness all time.”

“The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.”

“Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.”

“Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.”

“The things that interest me are less to do with perhaps finding myself and more to do with surviving and mercy and forgiveness.”

“Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity.”

“I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love Jesus as I did.”

“Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness.”