Forgiving quotes
1.2K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"You can tell the people that if they succeed in killing me, that I forgive and bless those who do it. Hopefully, they will realize they are wasting their time. A bishop will die, but the church of God, which is the people, will never perish."
"The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does, even if you murdered or robbed, ya it's wrong, but God loves, take one step toward him he'll take two toward you, even when all else fails, God'll support you"
"God always forgives when you are totally repentant and you desire to change. He forgives... and He never gets tired of forgiving. Never. You may get tired asking. I hope not. He never, never tires of forgiving. Never."
"People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
"There is someone that I love even though I don't approve of what he does. There is someone I accept though some of his thoughts and actions revolt me. There is someone I forgive though he hurts the people I love the most. That person is......me."
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"I am a sinner....who's probably gonna sin again...Lord forgive me!"
"The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying."
"There is no sin , and there can be no sin on all the earth , which the Lord will not forgive to the truly repentant! Man cannot commit a sin so great as to exhaust the infinite love of God . Can there be a sin which could exceed the love of God?"
"True reconciliation is never cheap, for it is based on forgiveness which is costly. Forgiveness in turn depends on repentance, which has to be based on an acknowledgment of what was done wrong, and therefore on disclosure of the truth. You cannot forgive what you do not know."
"Our forgiving love toward men is the evidence of God's forgiving love in us. It is a necessary condition of the prayer of faith."
"I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don't have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you'll understand."
"In the blink of an eye everything can change. So forgive often and love with all your heart. You may not have that chance again."
"I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads."
"The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself."
"If you are suffering from a bad man's injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men."
"That person who is the hardest to forgive is the one who can teach you the greatest lessons. When you love yourself enough to rise above the old situation, then understanding and forgiveness will be easy. And you'll be free."
"Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson."
"If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life."
"You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on."
"Forgive those who have hurt you."
"If you are not already dead, forgive. Rancor is heavy, it is worldly; leave it on earth: die light."
"In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die."
"Please forgive me, I know not what I do. Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you."
"Lord, forgive the times I tried to read your mind."
"Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you're not sure what the right thing is... and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong."
