Quotes About Forgiveness

The meeting went smoothly and there was a strong (push) to achieve peace from both sides...Both parties agreed to mutual forgiveness.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

We were concerned that the public couldn't understand the sudden catastrophe, and concerned about affecting international relationship. Supported by the central government, within less than 10 hours, we corrected this 'benevolent lie' and told public the truth, and gained their forgiveness and understanding.

I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as they used to be or not being able to do the things they could do before, and I think this film is about forgiveness. It has a real fondness and a real bitterness as well towards family members.

There are murder victims' family members who go through this process thinking they'll feel peace once the revenge of the death penalty is carried out. What I've learned from meeting with these people is that you don't feel better in revenge. You feel better in forgiveness.

How many caskets can we witnessBefore we see it's hard to live This life without God, so we must ask forgiveness.

It's an appropriate thing to recognize. I guess the words I would use [are] remembrance and reconciliation. Reconciliation is a tenet of all the faiths and it brings people together and allows for forgiveness. You can't have reconciliation without remembrance.

I did bless him at the end of our conversation. I said to him, 'Do you want the forgiveness of God?' He said, 'Yes.' I said, 'You have to ask for it.' I gave him absolution and said, 'Now go to the court and tell them everything that you've told me.' And that is exactly what he did. He made a public declaration of everything he said to me,

There is also the issue of debt forgiveness for some construction companies by banks,

We are here to ask for your forgiveness,

This team has great character. And they showed it. We talked about forgiveness (for the players who missed the game); we'll get those guys back and we'll be a better football team.

They (the German companies) want to buy moral forgiveness but you don't buy moral forgiveness at bargain-basement prices.

As for the Folsom Prison show, ... would anybody have the [guts] to do that show now? 50 Cent, maybe? I think the whole idea of even playing to a crowd of people like that is so politically unfavorable now - it's like, 'What are you doing, singing for these people? Do they deserve it?' There's such anger in our culture right now, that kind of grace and forgiveness, we don't see that very often.

My basic belief and effort, firstly to try and promote some of the useful emotions such as compassion or forgiveness and through the that way the spirit of reconciliation?s and the spirit of dialogue. These will increase.

It was his idea to put in the Western Wall in Jerusalem the prayer asking God's forgiveness for what had been done by Christians in other ages,

I can assure you that I've asked for forgiveness.

The play's about forgiveness,

The sheer number of things making us feel remorseful is so great that if we don't seek forgiveness, we could end up psychologically disabled. So people go around asking to be forgiven just so that they don't continue to go on suffering. But often its too facile.

This program would clearly allow for the forgiveness of loans,

People come to this place to pray to Almighty God and ask for His mercy and forgiveness in this holy month of fasting,

The word 'confession,' to me, means needing to be absolved, ... I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm not asking people to understand. I'd like to think that I tell stories and sometimes my life weaves through it.

As a result of that forgiveness, I will never criticize or attack any of your past actions or remarks concerning matters of race relations or civil rights. Remember senator, we all make errors. Committing errors is not a tragedy, but failing to learn from them is a great one.

You've asked for forgiveness. This letter is to inform you that, on the heels of a statement by my dear friend, Congressman John Lewis, a man I admire and respect as much as any living American, I do forgive you.

I understand that forgiveness does not come cheaply. It's something that comes from the heart. And I can just ask the people that were involved directly and indirectly, and were affected by this case, to consider forgiving me.