Quotes About Forgiveness

Gerard turned away and ignored the cruelty of the meerkats, tore it from his mind. Lucretia needed a heart.

He that feels pure, let him cast the first stone.

Since God forgives us for all the stupid, thoughtless, mean things we do and say, we should forgive others. If God never forgave anyone, Heaven would be empty. -Bindi

Well, it's like, uh holding on to a hurt- uh, hugging a hurt, one teacher calls it. Well, it, uh, like, just creates more hurt -Bindi

You think I suffer, with all the people I have killed, the hundreds of lives I have destroyed. Should not demons visit me at night? Should I not be tormented by guilt? Sometimes I lie still in my be and wait for judgement, but it never arrives.

One admirable thing about my grandparents was their ability to forgive infinitely.

Los asesinos no volverán a entrar aquí mientras no laven sus crímenes.

Feeling angry is natural; you have a right to feel angry. Expressing this anger is the most important lesson to be learned. How do you get rid of all the poisonous, furious feelings you have without hurting yourself or others?

No child, not even the most ordinary, forgets or forgives a single one of the commands inflicted on it.

True enemies aren't always the ones who hate each other.

In an inn somewhere, a wealthy guest mistakes [Rebbe Zusia] for a beggar and treats him accordingly. Later he learns his identity and comes to cry his remorse: Forgive me, Rebbe, you must - for I didn't know! Why do you ask Zusia to forgive you? Rebbe Zusia said, shaking his head and smiling. You haven't done anything bad to him; it is not Zusia you insulted but a poor beggar, so go and ask the beggars, everywhere, to forgive you!

To live is to betray the dead. We hasten to bury and forget them because we are ashamed; we feel guilty towards them.

hatred is never an answer, and ... death nullifies all answers. There is nothing sacred, nothing uplifting, in hatred or in death.

There is nothing sacred, nothing uplifting, in hatred or in death. In

I shall never forgive myself. Nor shall I ever forgive the world for having pushed me against the wall, for having turned me into a stranger, for having awakened in me the basest, most primitive instincts.

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The lack of hate between executioner and victim, perhaps this is God.

His last word had been my name. He had called out to me and I had not answered. I

the rabbi comes in to read the Psalms with you and hear you say the Vidui, that terrible confession in which you admit your responsibility not only for the sins you have committed, whether by word, deed, or thought, but also for those you may have caused others to commit.

Forgiveness is a powerful thing.

But you will find yourself disarmed utterly, and your accusing spirit transformed into loving forgiveness the moment you remember that you did, in fact, marry only a sinner, and so did he.

Matters of the heart still can never put us beyond His love and redemption.

There is no hope for any of us until we confess our helplessness . Then we are in a position to receive grace

Jesus comes into our lives in these places of need. And if we recognize Him because of our need, then we can receive whatever it is that He is prepared to offer us whether it's the grace of forgiveness or the patience to wait for the answer to that prayer or healing or serenity in the midst of the worst times of your life. Whatever it is, you can receive it and say, "Thank You, Lord.