Forgiveness Quotes

Forgiveness in any aspect of something that is complex is the greatest tool.

The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child.

By their innocence and goodness, by their boundless capacity for forgiveness, and by the sheer power of their faith and hope, children redeem their parents, bringing out their best selves.

Life is life. You have to learn how to forgive people and how to gain forgiveness for yourself.

Do you ever achieve total forgiveness after screwing up?

The things that interest me are less to do with perhaps finding myself and more to do with surviving and mercy and forgiveness.

We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.

There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.

There are curveballs that are thrown at you, and you just have to get over it and forgive... if you believe you're perfect, and you don't believe in forgiveness, you're not meant to be married.

A wonderful quality about America is that we love redemption stories. We're quick to lash out and assign blame, but we also draw from deep reservoirs of forgiveness.

My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.

New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated - like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy - or we're not going to get there.

The spirit of forgiveness should prevail, and there should be tolerance and understanding among all political parties for us to move forward.

Forgiveness for one's self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.

What if we strove for compassion, for mercy, for forgiveness? And what if we did this for everybody, including people who have harmed others?

The Eucharist is an opportunity of grace and conversion. It's also a time of forgiveness of sins, so my hope would be that grace would be instrumental in bringing people to the truth.

'Kris Kringle' is a holiday musical for a new generation - a gorgeous score paired with a heartwarming tale of family and forgiveness.

Thankfully, forgiveness, and the healing it brings in its wake, has nothing to do with 'deserve.'

Perhaps one could say I've worked in South Africa too long, but I believe in forgiveness, especially when a person admits a mistake, asks for forgiveness, and works to right a wrong.

Forgiveness is enshrined in the Lord's prayer - forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. These scriptures point to the power of forgiveness not only as a way to absolve transgressions but to ensure that the person extending forgiveness will be forgiven of theirs.