Quotes About Forgiveness

Every painful consequence of sin is a part of the punishment meted out for sin.

I knew it was wrong, but I thought gambling was a venial sin. That's why I didn't confess it to a priest until after I was caught.

Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.

If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.

Abortionists are not the enemy. Our enemy is sin.

No sin, especially no great sin, is just a harm done to the individual who commits it. I believe myself that the future of the human race is bound up with that idea. The soul that is conscious of a grievous sin is conscious of a great harm done to the community - to someone else. That common hurt should now be forgiven.

To us sin has not become any less of a mystery or a pain.

You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.

I know what sin is.

I preach salvation by grace through faith alone. I preach for the repentance of sin.

Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.

It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.

I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?

You know what's the greatest sin in the world? Hurting your fellow man.

I don't think it's a sin to be friends with your ex.

God is not looking for repayment, but repentance. What heals a broken relationship is sincere love and contrition.

I never was deeply interested in any object; I never prayed sincerely and earnestly for anything, but it came at some time - no matter how distant, in some way, in some shape, probably the last I should have devised, it came. And yet, I have always had so little faith. God forgive me.

More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made.

I don't worry too much about people hating or insulting me. I'm a sinful man, and I've made a lot of mistakes. People have reason to hate me.

I've been working on my relationship with God, and when you work on your relationship with God, it gets to a point where you don't want to walk down the sinful road anymore.

During a performance of 'Blood Brothers' in 1990, I forgot to sing. I was so moved by what my co-star Kiki Dee was doing, that I completely missed my cue.

After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.

We are all people who have messed up. I fall short every single day.

I live my life and make mistakes and sin every single day... but that's what grace is for.