Quotes About Forgiveness

We see our need for forgiveness daily. We continually sin. We treat money as our idol. We let cell phones waste our time. We fail to protect children. We brag about material things. We undervalue life of all ages. We drive in rage. We shift our focus from God's good deposits to our shallow pleasures.

Forget injuries, never forget kindness.

What is over and done with, one does not discuss. What has already taken its course, one does not criticize; what already belongs to the past, one does not censure.

Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Your brother beat him almost to death, Temujin. He held him and kicked him until he cried like a child. He is afraid of you, so he hates you. It would be wrong to hurt him again. It would be like beating a dog after it has loosed it's bladder. The spirit is already broken in him.

holding to rage is like holding a piece of glowing coal. It burns only him.

It behooves us ill to look back and point fingers, saying, 'Ah, that should not have happened. That should not have been allowed.' Such a perspective is granted only to men staring backward, Sir William. For those of us with the will to go forward, it is as if we walk blindfolded into a dark room. Not every false step or stumble can be judged after the moment has passed, nor should it be.

Vengeance is a fine thing, but forgiveness can be just as cruel.

It's too late for remorse, but the old ones always regret for something

The words of his own teachers spiraled in his mind then as he collapsed in the snow. They had told him that holding on to anger was like grasping a hot coal. Only he would be burned by it. Yet as the men scattered and he felt strong arms lift him up, Yao Shu held the hot coal closely and felt only warmth.

She flinched, but there was no return of warmth to her lovely, cool features. The ground seemed to open beneath Thomas. A black abyss yawned at his feet and he was teetering, off balance with no handholds in sight. "Fia, please. You can't condemn me for misjudging you. You can't throw away what we have, what we are together, because I doubted

I went through a long period of time in that marriage when I didn't believe anything was my fault. I had to face what my part was, and only because of that difficult work was I able to trust a man again.

Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else - cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments - as long as the paperwork's filled out properly. And in on time.

I have never harmed you, and I will never know why you felt it necessary to harm me." The Raven was quiet for a long moment. When he spoke his voice was no more than a raspy whisper. "I think, my lady, I was also harmed by you.

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

Sorry is one of those meaningless words people toss around before they kick you in the head again.

There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot.

Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

Recalling and confessing our sin is like taking out the garbage: once is not enough.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going to ask for more? Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him....Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me your forgiveness....And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives along with the command, the love itself.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.