Quotes About Forgiveness

The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend to make amends for the wrong.

When we have fights in our family, they don't end with an apology. You make up by getting back to normal. Like you'll call and say, 'You want to go shopping?'

An eye for an eye? How Christian of you.' Unbelievers always want other people to act like Christians.

JUDAS: Why ... didn't you make me good enough ... so that you could've loved me?

Do you know who W.H. Auden was, Mr. Iscariot? W.H. Auden was a poet who once said, "God may reduce you on Judgement Day to tears of shame reciting by heart the poems you would have written had your life been good"…She was my poem, Mr. Iscariot. Her and the kids. But mostly her. You cashed in for silver, Mr. Iscariot. But me? Me…I threw away gold. That's a fact. That's a natural fact.

The only person who needs forgiveness is the one who doesn't deserve it.

Our faithfulness to Christ is clearly and unmistakably demonstrated by the degree to which we have accepted and granted forgiveness.

Living a regret-free life means being honest about everything you did to help create your regrets and honest about how you felt when someone else was hurtful to you.

Jesus on the cross stands forever as the greatest possible symbol of love in action.

Words can be the tonic that kills regrets before they have a chance to grow.

19But Joseph replied, "Don't be afraid of me. Am I God, that I can punish you? 20You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good.

There's never a better time to be that person than when you're in a relationship that you want to become a source of peace and productivity rather than anger and regret.

Want to please God? Then go back over the history that's causing you regret and honestly face every single moment of it.

We are never so loving toward others as when we have learned to be loving toward ourselves.

Not being able to forgive yourself for your boneheaded, arrogant, and selfish actions is one of the biggest inhibitors to living the life God most wants you to live.

you can't embrace— you can't empower—the person you want to be in your future until you've thoroughly embraced the person you've been in your past.

Refusing to acknowledge and embrace your sinful past is choosing your love for yourself over your love of God.

Fixing a broken relationship is all about loving and giving from a heart filled with God's compassionate presence.

One of the prices you have to pay for a life free of oppressive regret is a thorough and brutally honest survey of the entire history of whatever relationship is troubling your soul.

If you're feeling regret about something you did or said to someone, please talk with that person. Tell them you're feeling bad. Let them do for you what people really enjoy doing for others: relieving someone of regret.

It would be time for you to start drawing up peace treaties with your former enemies.

Making peace with someone is not a goal. It's a journey.

14"If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.

In truth, Lincoln tried not to carry personal resentments. "A man has not time to spend half his life in quarrels," he said.