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Quotes About Forgiveness

Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.
~ Henri Nouwen
Life is too short to wait for the right moment to express yourself. So here I am.. Thankful to all of you for giving me enormous amount of love..I owe you a big time…and owe an apology for the mistakes. I keep committing that ever hurt you.
~ Anita Sharma
Let go of the past, but keep the lessons it taught you.
~ Chiara Gizzi
I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy. That is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength. God's mercy and grace give me hope, for myself, and for our world.
~ Billy Graham
Mercy is compassion, kindness, empathy, forgiveness. While grace might be described as blessings and favor from God that we do not necessarily deserve, mercy represents not receiving what we do deserve because of the patience, love, and atonement of the Master.
~ Brent L. Top
God in his infinite mercy has devised a way by which justice can be satisfied, and yet mercy can be triumphant. Jesus Christ, the only begotten of the Father, took upon himself the form of man, and offered unto Divine Justice that which was accepted as an equivalent for the punishment due to all his people.
~ Charles Spurgeon
Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offence up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.
~ Gary Chapman
Where grace flows, mercy thrives.
~ Ikechukwu Izuakor
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
~ Jesus Christ
God extend his power or great mercy and forgiveness to all men
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
God's mercy is bigger than any mistake that you've made. His mercy is new every morning.
~ Lamentations 3:22
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
~ Luke 6:36
That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Blessed are the merciful for they shall receive mercy.
~ Matthew 6:7
It's only through Christ that we can take full advantage of God's mercy and forgiveness through repentance in Jesus' name.
~ Monica Johnson
Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover other's faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and danger. Be like the earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.
~ Rumi
Our sins are nothing but a grain of sand along the great mountain of the mercy of God.
~ St. John Vianney
Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn't mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.
~ Timothy Keller
In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain the old pain.
~ Mary Manin Morrissey
There is no sense in punishing your future for the mistakes of your past. Forgive yourself, grow from it, and then let it go.
~ Melanie Koulouris
The only way to get over the past is to leave it behind. If you spend your time re-living moments that are gone forever, you might miss the special moments that are yet to come.
~ Susan Gale
Quietly forgiving and moving on is a gift to God; and yourself.
~ Unknown
Because I'm the only one who knows how much you hurt me. But here I am now, healing. We may love the wrong person, cry for the wrong person, but one thing is sure, mistakes will help us find the right person someday.
~ Unknown
In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.
~ Andrea Dykstra