Quotes About Forgiveness

No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.

The guilt that accompanies mistakes can be washed away.

If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.

Our animal friends' non-reactive and forgiving natures can teach us positive spiritual lessons on a daily basis.

The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.

What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?

Forgiveness means that problems of the past no longer dictate our destinies, and we can focus on the future with God's love in our hearts.

Nothing so clearly distinguishes a spiritual man as his treatment of an erring brother.

Unforgiveness is spiritual filthiness, so get washed in the water of God's Word to forgive and stay clean.

An honorable spiritual practice recognizes the losses we have suffered, tells our story, and sheds our tears to free us from the past.

I do not stand here before you as a self-righteous saint who has achieved spiritual perfection, but as a sinner who has received Jesus into his heart as his Lord and Savior.

Genuine spiritual movement should forgive and encourage.

Lay down an unforgiving spirit, because there'll be no peace until you do.

Breathe a word of prayer, not anger.

It is easier to forgive yourself of a thousand misdeeds than to forgive your enemy of one.

It is natural for a person to make a mistake (commit a fault). What is the way to become free from that? Only the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] can show it, (which is) 'Pratikraman'.

Love is louder than anger, even in silence.

If you ask God for love, He may give you someone to forgive.If you ask God for patience, He may give you someone to bear.

Sin is really an extreme form of amnesia. It is forgetting who you were when you were created as a spirit which came forth from the heart of God—a spirit made in His perfect, sinless image.

Forgiveness doesn't mean what happened wasn't wrong or didn't matter. If it wasn't wrong or didn't hurt, there wouldn't be anything to forgive.

Bitterness block the sacred blessings.

Angry obsessive thoughts about another weaken your state of mind and well being. If you must have revenge, then take it by choosing to be happy and let them go forever.

Once people are not here physically, the spiritual remains. We still connect, we can communicate, we can give and receive love and forgiveness. There is love after someone dies.

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.