Top 400 Forgiveness Quotes & Sayings

America loves a forgiveness story. America is the land of second chances.

If we were not sinners, Jesus would not have had to come. If he didn't see us as sinners, he could have loved us without dying for us. He died for our sins. So if we're all sinners, that means everybody's in the pot together needing the same love, the same grace and the same forgiveness.

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

If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is both saying that justice has been violated and not letting that violation count against the offender.

There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved.

My experience has shown me that many people struggle with forgiveness of self and/or others.

Certainly people make mistakes in their life. I'm no different, I've made mistakes. When people mess up, we forgive them. When I mess up, I ask for forgiveness.

The blood of Christ covers all of our sins, but each of us must do personal business with God in order to experience his forgiveness.

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

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

Not only were the Jewish people beloved, but God himself had taken pains to let them know it. Could there be any clearer sign that he continued to believe in their potential, even without the Temple, to achieve forgiveness and ultimately merit the Temple's rebuilding?

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for 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.

I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.

The struggle between Israelis and Palestinians is a perfect reflection of the struggle between fear and forgiveness that rages within us all.

We believe that the farm should be building 'forgiveness' into the ecosystem. What does that mean? That a more forgiving ecosystem is one that can better handle drought, flood, disease, pestilence.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

In reality, student loan forgiveness is welfare for the rich: a federal mandate that people who will make less money on average over the course of their lives bail out people who will make more money on average over the course of their lives.

I have sinned against You, my Lord, and I would ask that your precious blood would wash and cleanse every stain until it is in the seas of God's forgiveness.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.

Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness.

Amnesty is the forgiveness of something. Amnesty is anything that says, 'Do it illegally, it will be cheaper and easier.'

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.

On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.

I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life.

The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward to meeting His Holiness.

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

I believe in forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

It's only through Christ that we can take full advantage of God's mercy and forgiveness through repentance in Jesus' name.

We cannot serve the Lord if we don't have a heart of forgiveness.

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

I believe the Scriptures teach that there's a literal heaven and a literal hell, just like Jesus said. And without forgiveness of sins that, yeah, the place of punishment is called hell.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

To my younger self, I would say unless you're literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission.

I believe in forgiveness, I believe in second chances, and I believe we should find a way to restore the Second Amendment rights to people who are qualified and have shown themselves qualified to have those rights restored to them.

In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

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.

Look at the things you've done and ask for forgiveness. After clearing out that wreckage from the past, you can move forward, in a way, to keep your finger on the pulse.

I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.

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

Do you ever achieve total forgiveness after screwing up?

And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad.

To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.

I was probably about 22 years old when I recommitted myself to get off the fence and go all in and get serious about my faith. That's really when I experienced God's love and His forgiveness and His true grace.

I'm all about preaching forgiveness and compassion.

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

I believe in forgiveness; I believe in trying to work with people.

I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.