Quotes About Forgiveness

Blame keeps us stuck in the past. Responsibility paves the path for a better future.

Are you willing to take responsibility for your mistakes — and for the attitudes and actions that led to them?' Then he said, 'Are you willing — however begrudgingly — to forgive yourself, and even laugh at yourself?' And finally, 'Will you look for value in your experiences, especially the most difficult ones?' Bottom line, 'Are you willing to learn from what happened and make changes accordingly?

I say I'm Metis like it's an apology and he says, 'mmh,' like he forgives me like he's got a big heart and mine's pumping diluted blood

Be still and calm, don't fear your past but use it for our future..!

Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.

Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Forgiving someone isn't just about doing good to another. It's also about healing a scar in your own heart.

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

Unforgiveness is the most prolific cause of disease. It will harden arteries or liver, and affect the eye-sight. In its train are endless ills.

By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

Forgiveness is the greatest weapon, because a saint so armed is unperturbable he can give up anger immediately

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.

The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.

Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.