Quotes About Forgiveness

Because I killed a guy in real life, and because my character kills a guy onstage, they said I could never do anything this great again. I resented that.

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless.

Though our sins, our hearts confounding, Long and loud for vengeance call, Thou hast mercy more abounding, Jesus' blood can cleanse them all.

Guilty, forgive me, Lord, I cry; Pursued by foes I come; A sinner, save me, or I die; An outcast, take me home.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

Forgiveness takes intelligence, discipline, imagination, and persistence, as well as a special psychological strength, something athletes call mental toughness and warriors call courage.

When we forgive, the slave we free is ourselves.

Forgiving yourself means that you give up on your hope that the past will be different.

Forgiveness is not turning the other cheek. Forgiveness is not running away. Forgiveness does not mean that you condone what the person has done, nor does it mean that you invite them to do it again. It doesn't mean that you forget the offense, nor does it mean that by forgiving you tacitly invite bad things to happen again. It doesn't mean that you won't defend yourself.

But Lord,Be merciful to me, a fool!

She was quiet for a moment or two. Then she said: 'Cruel words are a terrible thing, Quash. Sometimes you regret them. But what's been said cannot be unsaid.

When Dodsworth was released, in September 1936, just two months after the trial ended, Mary's performance together with that film's emotional ending would win her forgiveness and new admirers, and mark a turn in her career.

She was ghastly and quite mad, but when I grew up I figured her worst punishment was to be herself and I didn't have to do anything more.

My case is bad. Lord, be my advocate.My sin is red: I'm under God's arrest.

Those raised poorly end up hating their parents. They hate them until they realize... they could not help themselves. Just like us, they fall short. By honoring our parents, we honor the humanity in ourselves, and learn to not only forgive them, but also ourselves for having judged them so harshly.

Tired of holding on yet? Stop striving and put God before the world. You'll have everything you want, minus the heartache. Don't fight the world. Don't try and overcome it. Forgive it.

The way to freedom is not with force but with love. Do not fight the world. Do not battle it. Forgive it. Then move towards the freedom that can only be found in God

To leave a sting within a brother's heart.

Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive injury.

The essence of justice is mercy.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

The beauty of doing business with a crook is that he always forgives you for catching him, so long as you don't stop doing business with him.

The beauty of doing business with a crook is that he always forgives you for catching him, so long as you don't stop doing business with him.