Top 400 Forgiveness Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

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

It's always best to ask for forgiveness if you feel that you made a mistake. And again, asking for forgiveness is not just saying the words 'I'm sorry'; it is also offering what you need to do.

Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it's a personal life or a national life.

I love discussing social issues, but I'm not interested in scare tactics. I believe there is a way to bring awareness in tandem with forgiveness and love.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.

If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.

The full benefit of forgiveness of sin through the Savior's Atonement begins with repentance and baptism and then expands upon receiving the Holy Ghost.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

I learned about forgiveness, and I've reached out to others to make amends.

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

For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness.

My parents are very good examples of Christians. They are big on forgiveness.

One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.

My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.

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

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

We only learn at the speed of pain, and we don't have others in our lives without forgiveness.

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.

I've been interested in the idea of forgiveness and the necessity of it. I think of it as the most critical piece of any relationship, whether that be business, or romantic, or familial. We fail each other. We make mistakes. If we contract to go on after those mistakes, forgiveness is involved. Forgiveness is required.

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

The forgiveness that comes of patient interpretation seems impossible when those nearest to your heart are threatened.

'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.

You can't legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

I am 100% in the camp that says forgiveness is mostly about the forgiver.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us to feel fully the conviction of our sins. He knows the depths of our remorse. He can then direct what we must do to qualify for forgiveness.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

Through faith in the Lord Jesus alone can we obtain forgiveness of our sins, and be at peace with God; but, believing in Jesus, we become, through this very faith, the children of God; have God as our Father, and may come to Him for all the temporal and spiritual blessings which we need.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

The Queen has well-informed opinions of many of her bishops and likes those who are straightforward and intelligent. Both she and Prince Philip believe Christianity is as much about forgiveness as morality.

The remedy for life's broken pieces is not classes, workshops or books. Don't try to heal the broken pieces. Just forgive.

The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.

Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

You have to work on forgiveness and love, and that includes your own self.

I come from a background where, if someone is rough and tough, you handle things physically. People betrayed me, and you just want to choke them. But you choose forgiveness.

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

As forces of hate in this country and worldwide try to pull Muslims and Christians apart, we are in desperate need of a unifying force that can bridge the widening gap of interfaith misunderstanding and mistrust. That force could be the message of love, peace, and forgiveness taught by Jesus and accepted by followers of both faiths.

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.

My husband was a serial adulterer, and there was nothing I could do about it: no questions I could ask him, no argument I could have with him, no explanation he could give me or pleas he could make for forgiveness.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

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

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

The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting.

One of the great qualities we have is forgiveness.

I find forgiveness to be really healthy.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.

I'm a believer in forgiveness. I have worked with people who have been in gangs and now dedicate their lives to helping inner city kids. I've run offender services with teachings of responsibility, empathy and understanding of the victims at their heart. I've seen people change.