Quotes About Forgiveness

Bitterness never draws us closer to God. Bitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs.

Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.

There is no sin too great for God's grace. There is no habit too big for his healing. There is no label too strong for his love.

If you don't handle the hurt properly, their sin becomes a catalyst for your own.

Too often those who have rightly contended for Jesus' full deity have created a God to whom they do not feel close rather than one who became human in every way like them but without sin (Heb 4:15). As God "with us," Jesus enables us to come boldly before God's throne (Heb 4:16) when we accept the forgiveness of sins he made available (Matt 1:21) and develop an intimate relationship with him.

We didn't want to waste this second chance-- to continue a thread that'd been lost-- to finish a sentence.

Let me atone for all the sins of men. Let me release the deluge pent up in me. Let me die.

We all make mistakes. We all need second chances and even third, fourth, and fifth chances.

Wrong because Christ had died for them and they were now killing him again.

There are people we treat wrong and later, we're prepared to treat other people right.

I think my mother found her mother-in-law entertaining, and in a person who entertains us, there is much we forgive.

Only part you have to apologize for is getting me all horned up and then passing out, but I'll take a rain check

We have to make mistakes. It's how we learn compassion for others." She paused.

If the Damall had caught Griff taking wine and salt, Griff would have begged forgiveness. Griff would have been afraid and sorry and promised never to do it again. When Griff was afraid he would promise. Later, he might take the wine and salt again, and be afraid again, and promise again, and break the promise again, over and over again. Griff had the bending strength of a sapling.

He had locked her out of his mind and out of his life. She could no longer get through to him, to make him feel the way she used to. He just wanted to forget about her and the way she played on his feelings — the same way she used to play on the guitar, he thought, remembering for a minute. He knew now just how badly she had played the guitar.

Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.

I'm sorry I hurt your hand...with my face. -Bobby Pendragon

Before I can face the future, I must first deal with the past.

No one should torment people or break their hearts.

Suddenly, Rachel dropped the toy and the girls stared at each other, horrified. We never argue! said Kirsty, her voice trembling a little. What's wrong? It must be because of the missing tiara, said Rachel. Even we can't play well together! I'm sorry, said Kirsty. I didn't mean to argue with you. I didn't either, said Rachel. I'm sorry, too.

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember Life is too short to be little.

Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.

Shut off the past! Let the dead past bury its dead. . . . Shut out the yesterdays which have lighted fools the way to dusty death. . . . The load of tomorrow, added to that of yesterday, carried today, makes the strongest falter. Shut off the future as tightly as the past. . . . The future is today. . . . There is no tomorrow.

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little.