Quotes About Forgiveness

You must never allow something that happened to you to become a morbidly treasured heirloom that you carry, show people, put back in its black velvet pouch and then tuck back into your jacket where you can keep it close to your heart.

I realized I could do anything to him and he would never hate me. I could never drive him away, spoil things between us, or otherwise sour things in his eyes, because he already knew how horrible I could be, yet he loved me, anyway.

The past does not haunt us. We haunt the past. We

It does not matter whether or not those responsible for harming you ever understand what they did, care about what they did, or apologize for it. It does not matter. All that matters is your ability to stop fondling the experience with your brain. Which you can do right now. A good therapist can help by preventing you from spending time wallowing in the past and instead focus on organizing your future.

God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't.

I'm here to tell you, there ain't much forgiveness in that old-time religion. That particular savior was a mean son of a bitch. If you sinned, honey, he was going to get you, no doubt about it.

The crowd would have forgiven anything, except a man who could remain normal under the vibrations of its enormous collective sneer.

It is against the sin of forgiveness that I wanted to warn you.

There's a price for absolution on this planet, and it's called penance.

He wrote Véra sheepishly: "Something has happened (only don't be angry). I can't remember (for God's sake, don't be angry!) I can't remember (promise that you won't be angry), I can't remember your telephone number." He knew it had a seven in it, but the rest had entirely escaped him.

But what does it avail to find fault with what is past

God not only accepts us, he embraces us.

You are deeply and completely loved (Rom. 8:38–39). You are totally and completely forgiven (1 John 2:12). When God sees you, he sees the righteousness of Jesus (2 Cor. 5:21). You mean the whole world to him (John 3:16). He thinks you are beautiful. Right now (Song 4:1). He is committed to your restoration (Rom. 8:29). You are not now, nor have you ever been, alone (Heb.

The voice of Shame says, I basically hate me; I need to get rid of me. The voice of Discipline says, I've got to fix me, because me is not good. God says, I love you; let me restore you.

We can be so free. It all begins here—with an internal choice to let Christ so invade our hearts that we cannot be held to any sort of bondage internally. We choose to love, to forgive; we choose not to fear; we choose life.

Offenses that are held on to lead to death.

The purposes of Jesus Christ are not finished when one of this precious ones is forgiven. Not at all. Would a good father feel satisfied when his daughter is rescued from a car accident, but left in the ICU? Doesn't he want her to be healed as well?... Now the Son of God has come to ransom you, and to heal your broken, wounded heart, and to set you free from bondage.

Sometimes a person can say I'm sorry a thousand times and that glue will never dry.

Don't be so damn hard on yourself. Yeah, you screwed up. You're not perfect, fine. Learn from it. But don't punish yourself. Be kind to you, even when you screw up. You'll bounce back eventually. You'll make up for it.

Almost done," he said. Trinity pulled back, and her cheeks were still red. "You set me on fire?" He winced. "Yeah. Sorry about that. Wasn't intentional.

JUDGE LITTLEFIELD: Your client is Judas Iscariot! Your client sold out the son of God, for Chrissakes!

The synthesis of Love and Justice can produce only Mercy and Forgiveness, Your Honor! If a just God sits in Heaven, it can fall no other way!

SAINT PETER: I hated your ass to look at it. SAINT MATTHEW: And I looked at you, Peter, as a dumb, ignorant fisherman.

MARY MAGDALENE: I also knew Judas Iscariot very well. SAINT MONICA: Gangsta!