Quotes About Reconciliation

We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.

Disagreements don't cause disunity, a lack of forgiveness does.

Unforgiveness is the poison you drink every day hoping that the other person will die.

Forgiveness doesn't make the situation OK, it makes you OK.

Whatever the cost of repentance, it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness.

When God forgave me, I figured I'd better do it too.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

Self-forgiveness is essential to self-healing.

Those who say they will forgive but can't forget, simply bury the hatchet but leave the handle out for immediate use.

It's hard to forget, but forgiveness is something you do for yourself.

We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it--because we need it.

Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.

Forgiveness sets the prisoner free. And realizing that prisoner was you. That's what forgiveness does. It sets you free.

The only unforgivable sin: Being unforgiving.

Reconciliation is more beautiful than victory.

Forgiveness changes the way we remember.

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.

I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again.

If you can't forgive and forget, pick one.

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.

It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.

Forgiveness does not replace justice.

Heaven is populated entirely by forgiven sinners

Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself