Quotes About Forgiveness

As he slew the innocent victim, he trembled at the thought that his sin must shed the blood of the spotless Lamb of God.

We do not repent in order that God may love us, but He reveals to us His love in order that we may repent.

The fire that consumes the wicked purifies the earth. Every trace of the curse is swept away. No eternally burning hell will keep before the ransomed the fearful consequences of sin. One reminder alone remains: our Redeemer will ever bear the marks of His crucifixion….

Man is to represent Christ. He is to be long-suffering toward his fellow men, to be patient, forgiving, and full of Christlike love. He who is truly converted will manifest respect for his brethren; he will do as Christ has commanded. Jesus said, "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another" (

I beseech Thee, let the power of my Lord be great according as Thou hast spoken, saying, The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy.... Pardon, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Thy [391] mercy, and as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

God's love for the human race is a peculiar form—a love born of mercy, for the human subject is all-undeserving. .

We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.

Christ was treated as we deserve, that we might be treated as He deserves. He was condemned for our sins, in which He had no share, that we might be justified by His righteousness, in which we had no share. He suffered the death which was ours, that we might receive the life which was His. "With

None but Christ can fashion anew the character that has been ruined by sin. He

Que el Dios omnipotente haga que ese hombre tenga misericordia de vosotros, y os suelte al otro hermano vuestro y a este Benjamín. Y si he de ser privado de mis hijos, que lo sea».

I think I might have to place you under arrest for trespassing. But I always go easy on pretty girls who confess.

you give everyone the benefit of the doubt. they don't always deserve it.

But I am not bitter because that would be a waste of my time, and wasting time is one of the only sins worth worrying about.

I am not bitter because that would be a waste of my time, and wasting time is one of the only sins worth worrying about.

And I wonder why people can't understand each other better. Why do they hurt each other all the time, even when they don't mean to?

'I Know You Care' is about my dad. And I haven't seen him for a long, long time. And my parents divorced when I was really young. And I guess I just wanted a - it was my way of saying that I wasn't bitter or angry anymore. I was just sad and just felt like something was missing.

You don't need to be seeing someone to be in love with her. You can have lost touch with her, she can have hurt you, even inexplicably. If you ever felt that you really knew her and that it was what you knew that you loved, and if you remember what it was you once knew, why is it so crazy to retain that love still?

I watched those two girls beside me, the very fact of them: their overlapping hands, their complicit laughter. I had never forgiven Yukako for not being in love with me. I forgave her.

It's a kind of arrogance to be so certain you're past redemption.

I do not let myself entertain regrets nor think about mistakes. My father always said, and he was right, that regret is a useless practice. But I find that in my thirties, regrets chase me down the street sometimes. It's not so easy to shrug them away.

Il perdono che nasce dalla compassione è il parente povero del perdono che nasce dall'amore.

I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East -- you're as good as dead.

Having obviously forgiven me for the incident on the Starship, Stevie Wonder turned up one day and took out a snowmobile, insisting on driving it himself. To pre-empt your question: no, I have absolutely no idea how Stevie Wonder successfully piloted a snowmobile through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado without killing himself, or indeed anyone else, in the process, but he did.

There's no such thing as an original sin.