Forgiveness Quotes
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds upon the heel that crushes it.Mark Twain
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.Peter Ustinov
As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past. On Americans who avoided conscription during the Vietnam War, to Veterans of Foreign Wars.Gerald R. Ford
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.Norman Cousins
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.W. H. Auden
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.Mahatma Gandhi
Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.Hannah Arendt
Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed.Oprah Winfrey
Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west!Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
What power has love but forgiveness In other words by its intervention what has been done can be undone. What good is it otherwise.William Carlos Williams
We are all instantly forgiven but in order to benefit from this forgiveness, we must in turn forgive others and ourselves.Unknown
It is always easier to ask forgiveness than permission.US Marine Prove
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.Charles Haddon Spurgeon
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., retort to a heckler asking him to state his beliefs, Time, November 1, 1963
Forgiveness is the key to happiness.A Course In Miracles
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.Mark Twain
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.William Blake
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.W. H. Auden
Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way.Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher. com Weblog, July 7, 2003
Forgiveness means letting go of the past.Gerald Jampolsky
Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise.William Blake
Christmas gift suggestions To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.Oren Arnold
If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist. But since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior.Max Lucado
There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.Martin Luthe
Forgiveness is not an occasional act it is an attitude.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.Scott Adams
It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.Karl Barth
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.Francis Maitland Balfou
The path of repentance, though hard at times, lifts one ever upwards and leads to a perfect forgiveness.Howard W. Hunter, Speech given in October 1994
Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.Isaac Friedmann
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness to an opponent, tolerance to a friend, your heart to your child, a good example to a father, deference to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you to yourself, respect to all men, charity.Francis Maitland Balfou
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.Joan Lunden, in Healthy Living Magazine
It really doesnt matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.Real Live Preache
