Forgiving Quotes - Page 6

Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.

On those days when we're not ready to stop being offended, not ready to forgive, still determined to dish out the silent treatment, what we're actually saying is, "Thanks, but I don't want to become more like the Savior today. Maybe tomorrow, but not today." Perhaps those are the times when we need to pray the hardest, the times it becomes clear that a change in behavior is not enough--that we must have a change in nature.

When you are depressed, bear in mind the Lord's command to Peter to forgive a sinner seventy times seven (cf. Mt. 18:22). And you may be sure that He Who gave this command to another will Himself do very much more.

Life has become unbearable ... Forgive me.

...if anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will be the same again.

We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget.

He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.

You cannot forget the past but you can forgive it.

Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.

No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.

We are forgiven, that we may be like Him who forgives us.

The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.

For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.

For all those who make such stories which are not true, I only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves.

forgive yourself for what you aren't able to do, the ones who aren't able to acknowledge their ownselves are bound to fail

I am not I. I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see, whom at times I manage to visit, and whom at other times I forget; who remains calm and silent while I talk, and forgives, gently, when I hate, who walks where I am not, who will remain standing when I die.

Forgiveness is a gift to myself. I forgive, and I set myself free.

We don't forgive because people deserve it, we forgive so we can see again.

We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do-we do it all the time.

God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.

I forgive everyone. There's no reason to hold anything against someone. Revenge is over with.

The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.

Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.

God's truth tells us the truth about ourselves, but His grace forgives us for the truth He reveals.