Quotes About Forgiveness

I will never know. Whatever the truth is, I must not hate Rose

Nobody here wants to be awful, he said. He hopped a little as he zipped up. It's just nobody here knows all the rules yet, and that makes a rocky time.

Failure is never final where love exists.

When I put my faith in Jesus Christ as my savior, and I asked him to forgive and to come into my life, and He does – from that moment forward I have established a personal relationship with God that I have to develop, you know, through Bible reading and prayer, and living my life for him.

My family is really good at letting go of things and moving on.

Love happens only once, and the second time is always a compromise made to forget the first love.

That's when I realized what a true friend was. Someone who would always love you – the imperfect you, the confused you, the wrong you – because that is what people are supposed to do.

Best friend: someone you can only stay mad at for so long because you have important things to talk about.

I was not kicking Brady; I was just loving him with my boot.

"Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do somethin' like this — and totally redeem yourself! Ha Ha!"

Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then.

"Thank you, dear God, for this good life, and forgive us if we do not love it enough."

Stop remembering what God has forgotten

The assurance of Heaven is never given to the person. And that's why at the core of the Christian faith is the grace of God. If there's one word I would grab from all of that, it's forgiveness – that you can be forgiven. I can be forgiven, and it is of the grace of God. But once you understand that, I think the ramifications are worldwide.

I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose again, and that's my belief. I still don't know what 'Christian' means. I'm a follower of Christ, but I keep making a whole bunch of mistakes. And I thank God for forgiveness.

I promise to be on your team. I promise to be faithful. I promise to be quick to forgive. I promise to always surprise you. I promise to stand by you. I promise to trust you, respect you, follow you, honor you and support you. I promise to love you, always.

"No one is perfect – that's why pencils have erasers."

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it on someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

It can be hard to forgive and let go but it's important to remember that harboring the resentment and holding a grudge can hurt you even more. The word "forgive" really means to give something up for yourself not for them.

Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!

Instead of wasting my energy on hate and resentment, I'd rather invest my energy in love and contentment.

As I walked out the door towards my freedom, I knew that if I did not leave all the hated, anger and bitterness behind that I would still be in prison.

Forgiveness works directly on the emotion of anger (and related constructs such as resentment, hostility, or hatred) by diminishing its intensity or level within the mind and heart.

Forgiving is an act of mercy toward an offender. We are no longer controlled by angry feelings toward this person.