Forgiveness Quotes - Page 31

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature.

Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.

My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.

You should forgive your enemies and if you haven't any, just forgive a few of your friends.

For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter Of the Eternal's language; - on earth it is called Forgiveness!

Labor with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone, Something uncompleted still Waits the rising of the sun.

The Risen Christ proclaimed not that we 'have to forgive,' but rather, that at last we CAN forgive-and thereby free ourselves from consuming bitterness and the offender from our binding condemnation. This process requires genuine human anger and grief, plus-and here is the awful cost of such freedom-a humble willingness to see the offender as God sees that person, in all his or her terrible brokenness and need for God's saving power. I would never tell another, 'You have to forgive.'

The unforgivable sin is the refusal to pardon.

Forgiveness is the giving and so the receiving of life. the latter may be an impulse of a moment of heat; whereas the former is a cold and deliberate choice of the heart.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

Through strife the slumbering soul awakes, We learn on error's troubled route The truths we could not prize without The sorrow of our sad mistakes.

I'm not perfect. Remember that, and try to forgive me when I fail you.

In what a delightful communion with God does that man live who habitually seeketh love! With the same mantle thrown over him from the cross - with the same act of amnesty, by which we hope to be saved - injuries the most provoked, and transgressions the most aggravated, are covered in eternal forgetfulness.

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence.

We are to extend forgiveness to others in the same way that God did to us: Unconditionally.

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.

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

The things the writers have me doing on Suburgatory are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

We are certain that there is forgiveness, because there is a Gospel, and the very essence of the Gospel lies in the proclamation of the pardon of sin.

If we let go of things, our life is going to change. And the reality is that we are actually more afraid of change than we are of death.

Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

I'm sorry.' The two most inadequate words in the English language.