Top 1200 Asking For Forgiveness Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

True forgiveness is a self-healing process which starts with you and gradually extends to everyone else.

To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.

To Foreswear vengeance is to chain oneself to forgiveness, to flounder in pardon, to be tainted by the hatred smothered within.

Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.

One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

The themes in 'Violet' are universal: accepting yourself with all of your flaws, moving on, and the forgiveness and freedom that comes along with that.

To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

Just remember, forgiveness is a way of setting yourself free of the bondage put on you by others. There is liberty to he had in it.

There are only three possible endings -aren't there? - to any story: revenge, tragedy or forgiveness. That's it. All stories end like that.

Whoever aspires to win the grace of God should cultivate at the outset the quality of Kshama (Forgiveness).

We will know our forgiveness is complete when we have a genuine desire for the welfare of the people who have wronged us.

Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions. Beware of anyone who insists on reframing your sincere curiosity as a character defect. Beware of anyone who questions your motives while ignoring your facts. When someone calls you bad names merely for asking questions, it suggests they know the answer but are terrified to admit it.

Humanization and coming to understand somebody as a human being is about as good a kind of forgiveness as you can get, I think.

Every twenty-four hours God has a fresh new supply of grace, of favor, of wisdom, of forgiveness.

Receiving the Holy Ghost is the therapy which effects forgiveness and heals the sin-sick soul.

There's something called the physiology of forgiveness. Being unable to forgive other people's faults is harmful to one's health.

Forgiveness is an embrace, across all barriers, against all odds, in defiance of all that is mean and petty and vindictive and cruel in this life.

I haven't sought self-forgiveness because I feel I was preyed upon and not responsible for the many bad things that happened to me.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars

Because God's justice is inexorable, it is hard to obtain forgiveness for sins committed with complete deliberation.

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

In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.

The path of repentance, though hard at times, lifts one ever upward and leads to a perfect forgiveness.

The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person.

Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

Only as we bow in contrition, confession, and repentance at the foot of the cross, can we find forgiveness. There is the grace of God.

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

That's not very attractive behavior, Bella." he said. " Forgiveness is divine. "Mind your own buisness.

One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past.

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

In the silence of the Cross, the uproar of weapons ceases and the language of reconciliation, forgiveness, dialogue and peace is spoken.

But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again?

God is love, generosity and forgiveness; if we believe in this, we will never allow our weaknesses to paralyse us.

Forgiveness is the greatest weapon, because a saint so armed is unperturbable he can give up anger immediately

When you are converted, you want to do what you didn't want to do before, and you don't want to do what you wanted to do before. There's a change in the heart; there's a cleaning up, a change in orientation, and holiness becomes attractive, instead of something you have to put up with to figure out what you can get away with. As long as young people are asking, 'Can I get away with this?' or 'Can I get away with that?' I wonder if they're regenerate. If they're asking, instead, 'How can I grow in holiness?' then I suspect they've begun to understand.

If you are bitter you are like a dry leaf that you can squash and you can blow away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness.

My guard will run you through if he catches you looking at my face," said Arianna. "I don't think so. I think it might be treason to kill a duke," said Luciano. "But you're not a duke," said Arianna. "I will be if you marry me," said Luciano. "Yes, you would be," said Arianna. "Would?" "If you are asking me." "I'm asking." "And if I accepted." "Do you?" "I do. With all my heart.

South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.

Forgiveness prompted by love is the only way to repair the devastation that so often mars our relationships.

Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.

What power has love but forgiveness? In other words by its intervention what has been done can be undone. What good is it otherwise?

In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings.

In China, much of life involves skirting regulations, and one of the basic truths is that forgiveness comes easier than permission.

We have to look at loan forgiveness to incentivise young people to pursue degrees in areas where we know we need help.

A little extra forgiveness never hurts," said Matt, quoting one of Celia's favorite sayings.

God is forgiving or we would not still be walking this world. But to be moral is not to need his divine forgiveness, I think.

We should, can and most of the time do communicate with God directly. To my knowledge, angels are not necessary for anything. But God's creation is abundant, and asking "Why angels?" would be like asking why there are thousands of varieties of trees or stars, when we could get along with so much less. God Himself told us many times that He was sending angels to love and care for us, so He is the one who brought them into our lives. Therefore, even if we don't understand their entire purpose, I vote that we pay attention to them.

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

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

NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret.

Nothing in this low and ruined world bears the meek impress of the Son of God so surely as forgiveness.

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.

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

If God says, 'I forgive you,' you are forgiven no matter how you feel, and to refuse that forgiveness is an act of arrogance.

Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.