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Quotes About Forgiveness

Those without enough love experience rage, but love drives rage away.
~ John Wesley
O break my Bonds, let Sin enthrall My struggling Soul no more; Hear thy fall'n Creature's feeble Call, Thine Image O restore! And tho' my Heart senseless and hard To Thee can scarcely groan, Yet O remember, gracious Lord, Thou once didst write in Stone!
~ John Wesley
A new tranquillity had come between them. It was a quietness that was like the beginning of love; and almost without thinking, Stoner knew why it had come. They had forgiven themselves for the harm they had done each other, and they were rapt in a regard of what their life together might have been.
~ John Williams
Be merciful to him who is beneath you, and you will have mercy from Him who is above you. The
~ John Wortabet
Blame has no purpose, and it is a lousy teacher.
~ John Yokoyama
all one ?Under the sun ?United, helping, and having fun ?Love is the key ?It is strong for you and strong for me ?Love others and let them be ?Kindness and forgiveness will set you free
~ John Zakour
Tommy told Pete about what his brother had seen in the war, the women who had walked through the camps, how some had wept and others had looked furious and would not be made to feel bad. "And so there's a struggle, or a contest, I guess you could say, all the time, it seems to me. And remorse, well, to be able to show remorse—to be able to be sorry about what we've done that's hurt other people—that keeps us human.
~ Elizabeth Strout
No, they would never get over that night because they had said things that altered how they saw each other.
~ Elizabeth Strout
The last pain borne, the last tear, the last sigh, the last lonely hour, the last unsatisfied dream, forever gone by; why should not the dead past bury its dead?
~ Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Patriotism is not enough—I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone." She
~ Elizabeth Wein
Once I thought forgiveness was great, now I see repentance to be even greater for it is life-giving. These United States are strong because they have the capacity to see and correct mistakes, to change and grow.
~ Elizabeth Yates
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Cinta mendatangkan cinta, dan benci mendatangkan benci.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I sometimes think God must be a woman--He is expected to forgive so much.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
...unrequited love does not die; it's only beaten down to a secret place where it hides, curled and wounded. For some unfortunates, it turns bitter and mean, and those who come after pay the price for the hurt done by the one who came before.
~ Elle Newmark
The woman looked at the man, who was nursing his thumb. "I know you're still pissed about Siberia.
~ Ellen Datlow
Those who are quick to censure others, who speak words that cut and bruise the already wounded soul, are doing Satan's work, and are laborers with the prince of darkness....
~ Ellen G. White
While it is important on the one hand that laxness in dealing with sin be avoided, it is equally important on the other to shun harsh judgment and groundless suspicion.
~ Ellen G. White
God is full of love and plenteous in mercy; but He will by no means acquit those who neglect the great salvation He has provided.
~ Ellen G. White
Though God is strict to mark iniquity and to punish transgression, He takes no delight in vengeance. The work of destruction is a "strange work" to Him who is infinite in love.
~ Ellen G. White
redemption in Christ means to cease the transgression of the law of God and to be free from every sin; no
~ Ellen G. White
A view of our own sinfulness drives us to Him who can pardon.—Our High Calling, p. 27.
~ Ellen G. White
All are weighed down with burdens that only Christ can remove. The heaviest burden that we bear is the burden of sin. If we were left to bear this burden, it would crush us. But the Sinless One has taken our place.
~ Ellen G. White
We also, while loyal to truth, should try to avoid all that may lead to discord and misapprehension. For whenever these arise, they result in the loss of souls. Whenever circumstances occur that threaten to cause division, we should follow the example of Jesus and of John the Baptist. John
~ Ellen G. White