Quotes About Forgiveness

I haven't been faithful to my wife. Our marriage has been tainted with my infidelities. I was irresponsible.

But the campaigners wanted more than just an apology; they wanted a proper pardon. The government refused on the grounds that it would set a precedent, even though pardons had recently been given to 18 former terrorists under the Northern Ireland Agreement

And so he set about restoring them, using the tricks he had learned over the years. He went to them, speaking to each of them in tones so low that none of the others could hear, getting their names, gently touching them, asking about their pains, their fears, gently eliciting their stories, reminding them of why they had run in the first place.

I fear God never showed mercy to one so vile as I.

No poor creature stands in need of divine grace more than I, and none abuse it more than I have done, and still do.

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?

Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault.

FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN OUR DEBTORS." MATTHEW 6:12

By my reckoning, you are issued about a dozen friends in life, and if one of mine happens to be in a prison jumpsuit, well, better him than me, but that doesn't erase the bond.

know that nothing anyone ever does to you can be as terrible as what you do yourself. Remember that.

We cannot really change the past, Gart," Larka whispered kindly, "but perhaps we can change the way we see it. You must escape your history, as Morgra could not escape hers. That is the only way to truly conquer her. Otherwise it will go on forever. We can make a different future. If we have true courage.

There are only two choices in how you or anyone else experiences the moment—in a state of love, or in a quest for love. Anger, resentment, frustration, sorrow, or any other painful expressions are simply unconscious calls for love. Whether someone is loving you or seemingly attacking you, the proper response is always love.

True forgiveness is the only key to real awakening. This level of forgiveness sees that individuals are always doing the very best they can in each moment,

What the pundits call wishy-washiness, the Bible calls repentance.

Your only real choices are to open fully and receive their gifts or crucify them and be relieved of their force...But you must be willing to feel your heart's terrors and wounds or else you will close and protect yourself, striking back at the source of openness you most yearn to become...

I have taken all my good deeds and all my bad deeds, and cast them … in a heap before the Lord, and fled from both, and betaken myself to the Lord Jesus Christ, and in him I have sweet peace!

We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then. --Beldin

Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? -Eriond

Don't, Jar. There's been enough killing." "It'll never be enough! They murdered Dad!

Sous le coup de la colère on veut tout envoyer en l'air; et puis on aime encore, cela nous prend presque par surprise.

para llegar al centro del corazón se requiere descubrir, observar y aceptar todas nuestras penas y lamentos

think to have a successful marriage, you need two very good forgivers.

The Christian God is slow to anger and rich in mercy (see Exodus 34: 6, echoed in Joel 2: 13 and many other places in Scripture).

The God Christians worship loves sinners, redeems failures, delights in second chances and fresh starts, and never tires of pursuing lost sheep, waiting for prodigal children, or rescuing those damaged by life and left on the sides of its paths.