Quotes About Reconciliation

Forgive that you may be forgiven.

There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.

Forgiveness is spiritual. Punishment is legal," Leo says. "They're not mutually exclusive.

Forgiveness is possible even when there is no restitution, no remorse on the part of the perpetrator.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Forgive yourself and forgive others around you.

Find your way with the certain and gentle light of forgiveness.

Forgiving those who hurt us is the key to personal peace.

Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.

The whole human race loses by every act of personal vengeance.

Don't do it quickly, but don't wait too long... If we wait too long to forgive, our rage settles in and claims squatter's rights to our souls.

Blame keeps wounds open; only forgiveness heals

Gandhi was right: if we all live by 'an eye for an eye' the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness.

When you're betrayed there's a period of shame and then there's always forgiveness.

Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be.

There's nothing like real forgiveness, a deep-down forgiveness where you don't hold any grudges against people. I forgave for the things they didn't know and for the things they didn't know to do.

Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence.

I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped by a mistaken understanding of what forgiving is.

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood.

There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It's to ask forgiveness armed only with, 'I'm sorry'.

If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness.

It is possible to have pardon without forgiveness-a murderer can be pardoned by the governor, but that does not mean the victim's family has forgiven him. And there can be forgiveness without pardon.

Forgiveness is simply a decision to cancel a debt.

Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim.