Quotes About Forgiveness

The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person.

The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others.

The moment an individual can accept and forgive him or herself, even a little, is the moment in which he or she becomes to some degree lovable.

Cats know not how to pardon.

To err is human, to forgive supine.

Jesus loves sinners. He only loves sinners. He has never turned anyone away who came to Him for forgiveness, and He died on the cross for sinners, not for respectable people.

The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.

But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.

True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

I can forgive you for leaving, but not for coming back.

Know all and you will pardon all.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

Forgiveness doesn't sit there like a pretty boy in a bar. Forgiveness is the old fat guy you have to haul up a hill.

Sometimes, of all the people in the world, the one who is the hardest to forgive-as well as perhaps the one who is most in need of our forgiveness-is the person looking back at us in the mirror.

When we judge, we are pushing people away; we are creating a wall, a barrier. When we forgive we are destroying barriers, we come closer to others.

I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.

From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.

To be forgiven is not enough; we must put an end to the very need to be forgiven.

Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.

On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

Forgiveness doesn't excuse their actions. Forgiveness stops their actions from destroying your heart.

In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.

When I learned to forgive, it was like a million pounds were lifted from me.