Quotes About Compassion

I rest in the light of forgiveness.

God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't.

Speak not against anyone whose burden you have not weighed yourself.

Forgiveness is the way to true health and happiness.

Forgiveness is the best part of valor...Discretion is easy. It's finding the courage to forgive yourself and others that is hard. [Acheron]

The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.

A wise judge may let mercy temper justice but may not let mercy undo it.

Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it.

We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.

What makes a Christian a Christian is not perfection but forgiveness.

The brave only know how to forgive.

We forgive freely or we do not really forgive at all.

Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again.

It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

Forgiveness is the noblest vengeance.

Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills.

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

It's kind of hard to articulate, but, like, this notion of mercy, forgiveness, was very appealing for me. It was very profound. And it had a deep impact, and I think it still does.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

We will know our forgiveness is complete when we have a genuine desire for the welfare of the people who have wronged us.

Forgive that you may be forgiven.

There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.

Forgiveness is its own reward.

In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.