Forgiveness Quotes - Page 4

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.

The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.

Too often, our minds are so burdened because of the mistakes we have made that we do not take the time to forgive ourselves and others and start over again.

Every act of disobedience committed due to passion, its forgiveness is hoped for. Every act of disobedience committed due to arrogance, its forgiveness is not hoped for because the root of Satan’s disobedience was arrogance, whereas the root of Adam’s lapse was passion.

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

My god how gentle you are with me in spite of my great ignorance and how merciful You are with me in spite of my ugly deeds

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.

The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

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

You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything...We don't have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing it. Forgiving heals us personally. To tolerate everything only hurts us all in the long run.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

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

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

Forgiveness is God's invention for coming to terms with a world in which people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply. He began by forgiving us. And He invites us all to forgive each other.