Quotes About Forgiveness

He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

Don't waste another day of your life grieving over something that you cannot do anything about. Let God give you a new beginning. Your mistakes are not enough to stop God if you don't let them.

An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.

Though I can't change what happened, I can choose how to react. And I don't want to spend the rest of my life being bitter and locked up.

Out of the sighs a little comes, But not of grief, for I have knocked down that Before the agony; the spirit grows, Forgets, and cries; A little comes, is tasted and found good.

My psychiatrist says I have a messiah complex. But I forgave him.

Sometimes you forgive people simply becuase you still want them in your life.

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

If you keep picking a scab it will bleed and never heal. If you keep dragging the pain of the past up, it will never heal.

Your life may be messed and your foolishness may have put you into captivity but Jesus can do the whatever it is that is immeasurably more in your life.

Don't put your life on hold so that you can dwell on the unfairness of past hurts.

Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms.

It only takes a minute to cause hurt but sometimes a lifetime to repair. Be careful with your words and actions.

Something my mum taught me years and years and years ago, is life's just too short to carry around a great bucket-load of anger and resentment and bitterness and hatreds and all that sort of stuff.

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

As long as you live, it is never too late to make amends. Take my advice, child. Don't waste your precious life with regrets and sorrow. Find a way to make right what was wrong, and then move on.

Let not your rage or malice destroy a life.

The pain will not go away by getting angry or bitter, it will go away when you learn to accept life's challenges with grace and ease

I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.

Forgiveness is better than revenge.

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.

Guilt didn't put any butter on the bread of life.

The state of your heart dictates whether you harbor a grudge or give grace, seek self-pity or seek Christ, drink human misery or taste God's mercy.

Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh..apologiz e..let go of what you can't change.