Forgiveness Quotes - Page 24

If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long.

In the presence of God, nothing stands between Him and us - we are forgiven. But we cannot feel His presence if anything is allowed to stand between ourselves and others.

Forgiveness doesn't sit there like a pretty boy in a bar. Forgiveness is the old fat guy you have to haul up a hill.

God's forgiveness extends to the worst offenders and to anyone who wishes to receive it-not because of who we are, but because of who He is.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

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.

Forgiveness is the process of dropping off your emotional baggage.

Know all and you will pardon all.

Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.

Decide to forgive: For resentment is negative; resentment is poisoning; resentment diminishes and devours the self.

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

If any dust of imperfection cling to your heart, be not troubled, but consume it immediately in the fire of divine love, and, sorrowfully asking forgiveness, continue to live in peace.

I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.

From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.

When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce.

Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live.

A wise judge may let mercy temper justice but may not let mercy undo it.

The rule is: we cannot really forgive ourselves unless we look at the failure in our past and call it by its right name.

Not even God can make something fair out of what is intrinsically unfair. Only one thing can be done. Something must break through the crust of unfairness and create a chance for a new fairness. Only forgiveness can make the breakthrough.

We attach our feelings to the moment when we were hurt, endowing it with immortality. And we let it assault us every time it comes to mind. It travels with us, sleeps with us, hovers over us while we make love, and broods over us while we die. Our hate does not even have the decency to die when those we hate die-for it is a parasite sucking OUR blood, not theirs. There is only one remedy for it. [forgiveness]

It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be. Salvation and Christ's love is a gift. You don't earn it. You've got to receive that gift. I think one of the most important things is starting off the day forgiving others and forgiving yourself. You learn from your mistakes, but I don't think you have to drag them back into today.

Forgiveness is not an occassional act; it is a permanent attitude.

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.

Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again.