Forgiveness Quotes

Sorry is not just a word, it’s a deed. It is an act.

When guilt rears its ugly head, confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. Forgive yourself and move on

My aunt once said the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness.

What I dreamt about was coming home, having a family, having grandkids. I dreamt you...We almost lost you. I know you've had some bad breaks, not feeling good about yourself...you gotta suck it up, girl...You got my blood in your veins...You do not have my permission to mess with my dreams.

I guess forgiveness, like happiness, isn’t a final destination. You don’t one day get there and get to stay.

We are chained to that which we do not forgive.

Forgiveness is . . . accepting God's sovereign use of people and situations to strip you of self importance, and humiliate your self love.

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

Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time—just like it does for you and me.

Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies.

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

To be social is to be forgiving.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.