Forgiveness Quotes

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.

I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them.

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.

The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time.

God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.