I know you loved both he and I the way a mother can love two sons. And no one should be judged for loving more than they ought only for loving not enough.

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

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

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

Repentance is accepted remorse.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Forgiveness is not a feeling it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

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

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

But life isnt about learning to forgive those who have hurt you or forgetting your past. Its about learning to forgive yourself for being human and making mistakes.

For a working definition of forgiveness, I think of it as restoring love.

The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be: But when he got well, a wolf once more was he.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Because he has never forgiven himself any fault he can forgive no one elses.

Sometimes a person needs to hear you forgive them so they can start to forgive themselves.

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

Forgiveness leads to love, and love leads to forgiveness.

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble

Im here to tell you there aint much forgiveness in that oldtime religion. That particular savior was a mean son of a bitch. If you sinned honey he was going to get you no doubt about it.

Forgiveness is something we need to both give and ask for in return

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

Love is a sacrificial item

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

Their errors have been weighed and found to have been dust in the balance; if their sins were as scarlet, they are now white as snow: they have been washed in the blood of the mediator and the redeemer, Time.

Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.

The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.

Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.

Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the whole world, I will greet him with forgiveness equal to it.

If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.

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

Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

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.

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

I find forgiveness to be really healthy.

There is no forgiveness in nature.

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?

Im a good enough person to forgive you and you should be a good enough person to not do it again.

Forgive thyself little, and others much.

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.

There will be grace and forgiveness enough old dog even for you. I pray you will spare me a drink from that cup when it overflows for you. Miles Vorkosigan

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.

He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Forgiveness is the key to letting go. Forgiveness isnt about releasing him or her, its about releasing you

If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption.

Come, fair repentance, daughter of the skies! Soft harbinger of soon returning virtue; The weeping messenger of grace from heaven.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Forgive you? Oh, of course, dear, a dozen times a week! We women were created forgiveness but to speak.

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

Forgiveness doesnt mean you excuse the crime. It just means youre no longer willing to be the victim

There is a hard law. When an injury is done to us we never recover until we forgive.

The old adage of forgive and forget became a trudge through quicksand on a beach as high tide crashed onto the shore.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart.forgiveness saves the expense of anger the cost of hatred the waste of spirits.

I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness.

He who has injured thee was stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.

He who forgives ends the quarrel

To be social is to be forgiving.

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.

Forgiveness is not just for other people, its for you too. Forgive yourself, move on, and try to do better next time

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.

Buried beneath disappointment and fear anger and pride I just might find it in my heart to forgive.

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

We all love best not those who offend us least nor those who have done most for us but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church's testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all, but had been applied in various churches; perhaps, however, with no strict consistency.

Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?

I loved and adored you but I drained you like a thirsty man at a spring. I loved what you could give me your admiration your acceptance your love your forgiveness. I forgot to love you for yourself.

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships things like forgiveness and compassion.

To progress is always to begin always to begin again

A reconciled friend is a double enemy.

The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

You never know how long you havethere might not BE a laterso dont let things go unsaid or unforgiven.

Lifes too short to not forgive those who hurt us. I trust you to do whats right. Right by your own heart.Forgiveness sets you free.

I readily admit that Im not and have never been big on forgiving. That doesnt mean I will seek revenge It just means I dont forgive.

Dont ask for permission first, beg for forgiveness later

Forgiveness sometimes comes a little too late, but just remember its always better late then never

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

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

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the na?ve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long.

Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much.

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

God has a big eraser.

Forgive and forget.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

Everyone believes in sin the people who charge their peers with political incorrectness and the people who regard political correctness as the bogey of a little mind. What everyone does not believe in as nearly as I can tell is forgiveness.

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

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

Those that do you a very ill deed will never forgive you.

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom I knew if I didnt leave my bitterness and hatred behind Id still be in prison.

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.

Forgiveness is the key to happiness.

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

But we cant go back. We can only go forward.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

If you or I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment we are contributing to the wounding of the world.

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.

Forgiveness allows you to focus on the future without combating the past

We easily pardon an offense we had part in.

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. Ephesians 1:7

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive

It was at a church service in Munich that I saw him, a former S.S. man who had stood guard at the shower room door in the processing center at Ravensbruck. He was the first of our actual jailers that I had seen since that time. And suddenly it was all there

Nothing releases like forgive. Nothing renews like forget.

We are all mistaken sometimes sometimes we do wrong things things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart, it saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

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

Never repeat old grievances.

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.

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

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

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.

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

I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness.

I can forgive you for leaving but not for coming back.

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

You should never hate anyone not even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You had to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32

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

There are few things in life that cannot be resolved with kindness. Forgive the one that hurts you and you will find forgiveness back in some way or the other

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victimletting go of the pain and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.

I feel so sorry that many Christians live in bondage even though Jesus has signed their release form with His own blood.

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

When you walk on the face of a world then forgiveness comes.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.

Forgiveness spares the expense of anger the cost of hatred the waste of spirits.

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance there is atonement and there is forgiveness. That is all but that is enough.

He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.

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

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could be any different

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

Im Sorry he says. Its simple and direct with none of the nonsense about God calling home an angel too young and who are we to question his mysterious ways.

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

Most importantly love each other deeply because love cause many sins to be forgiven. 1 Peter 48

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

A man must learn to forgive himself.

Life doesnt get easier or more forgiving we get stronger and more resilient.

In the shadow of my hurt forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

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

Its all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh what about forgiving our friends

When you forgive you love. And when you love Gods light shines upon you.

Well heaven forgive him and forgive us all Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall Some run from brakes of ice and answer none And some condemned for a fault alone.

The truest grace is not to forgive but to have never found fault.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting Mack. It is about letting go of another persons throat.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself!

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

For I hope my Friends will pardon me when I declare I know none of them without a Fault and I should be sorry if I could imagine I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness of this Kind we give and demand in Turn.

We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowlyand bitterly wept as we bore him along.For we all loved our comrade so brave young and handsome we all loved our comrade although hed done wrong.The Cowboys Lament

How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.

Forgive! How many will say, forgive, and find a sort of absolution in the sound to hate a little longer!

Forgiveness is not an occasional act it is a constant attitude.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

True repentance is to cease from sinning.

Repentance may be ol fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.

every time God forgives us God is saying that Gods own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.

There are people who are very resourceful , At being remorseful,And who apparently feel that the best way to make friends, Is to do something terrible and then make amends.

You must forgive those who hurt you, if you dont forgive they have the power over you, forgiveness is for you and no one else

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.

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

Amendment is repentance.

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

Forgiveness is not something we do for other people. We do it for ourselves to get well and move on

Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference but not forgive. I prefer revenge.

Forgiveness is a gift you give to someone else; its an act of your own will

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

Well, I've never left my faith but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

Forgiveness isnt my best thing.Easier staying pissed. But Imtired of being pissed all the time.Tired of feeling hurt by stuff thatcan never be fixed because it isan indelible part of the past.

Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end, and the Lord of life holds all who die and all who mourn.

Reason to rule but mercy to forgive: The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Forgiveness which is the place that every story turns the chance we give each other.

A strong gives forgiveness but weak gives permission.

In fact not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.

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

Forgiveness is not a one off decision it is a journey and a process that takes time determination and persistence. Forgiveness is not forgetting it is simply denying your pain the right to control your life.

A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.

True forgiveness is when you can say Thank you for that experience.

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them but Love cannot cease to will their removal.

We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry or because they remain intrigued with each other because of many kindnesses because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.

Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.

The point is that although love may die what is said on its behalf cannot be consumed by the passage of time and forgiveness is everything.

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

Forgiveness without understanding is like faith without proof.

Sometimes people need to know they could be forgiven to have the strength to change.

It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for those who persecute you. with reference to Matthew 5

Forgiveness is Gods greatest gift

When we touch...our gods lay down their weapons and I can forgive every trespass...

Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

Sometimes what a person needs most is to be forgiven.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

Of all things we mortals are called upon to do the most difficult is forgiveness in order to truly do it you will probably have to behave as if you already have forgiven for quite a while before you have actually done so.

I guess forgiveness like happiness isnt a final destination. You dont one day get there and get to stay.

He was not thinking that the Christian law which he had wanted to follow all his life prescribed that he forgive and love his enemies but the joyful feeling of love and forgiveness of his enemies filled his soul.

Im too old to recover too narrow to forgive myself.

Except those who repent thereafter and do righteous deedsverily Allah is OftForgiving Most Merciful.

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

In the bible it says you have to forgive seventy times seven. I want you all to know Im keeping a chart.

on forgiveness Didnt he and I stand together before an all seeing God convicted of the same murder For I had murdered him with my heart and my tongue.

Forgiveness is the one gift you dont give to others. Rather it is the gift you give yourself so you can finally be free.

Humanity must forgive Humanity for only then can we be Humane.

He couldnt even tell whether he was angry or contrite whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.

The doctrine of original sin is the doctrine according to which divine forgiveness makes known the accidental nature of human mortality thus permitting an entirely new anthropological understanding.

I want to be the kind of person who can do that. Move on and forgive people and be healthy and happy. It seems like an easy thing to do in my head. But its not so easy when you try it in real life.

Life is not a series of pathetic meaningles actions. Some of them are so far from pathetic so far from meaningless as to be beyond reason maybe beyond forgiveness.

I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!

What was the point of being able to forgive when deep down you both had to admit youd never forget

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

Where error is irreparable repentance is useless.

Sincere forgiveness isnt colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Dont 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.

Its not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didnt do. All the things we should have done.

I cannot hate any man

God is the ultimate judge of what is truly in our souls. But we are requiered to forgive everyone.

Forgiving is not about forgetting its letting go of the hurt

Theres a fine line between forgiveness and denial.

The immoral woman in Luke 7 has the faith to anticipate Christs forgiveness. She can act in love with no words to justify.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

I define myself by helping others. This is what I do.Those people who want me to abandon my husband are asking me to put myself first and to judge him. The poor man has been judged unfairly by others. Why would I abandon him in his greatest need

Im not perfect. Remember that and try to forgive me when I fail you.

It was about grace she decides something that has been missing from her own life. ... She wants to be the kind of person who can bestow unearned kindness on another replace bitterness with empathy forgive only for the sake of forgiving.

I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness.

Now heres a good oneyoure lying on your deathbed.You have one hour to live.Who is it exactly you have neededall these years to forgive

The trouble with forgiveness is that some people dont want to be forgiven.

But understand that the reason it is so difficult to extend forgiveness to those who have failed us is because we are unable to receive forgiveness for our own failures.

I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

Forgiveness is what sets us free Forgiveness freedom

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

To be a follower of Christ and not just a fan means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

But why is it so hard to forgive Mrs. Conners asked.Pride Dad said. This person has already wronged you in some way and now you are the one who has to swallow your pride give something up in order to forgive him.

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.

True repentance isnt just saying Im sorry. Its. saying Im sorry Ill never ever do that again because my relationship with you means more to me than anything.

But with morning cool repentance came.

We are preaching hope standing on the bones of the past.

Richard Nixon was a serial collector of resentments.

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times but the biggest difference is this. Men forget but never forgive women forgive but never forget.

Perhaps you forgave him too much but who among us would not wish to be so generously loved and generously forgiven

Every man should keep a fair sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Forgiveness is empowering for the forgiver. Years of resentment frustration and pain are set FREE

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

There is hope in forgiveness

And then when there is nothing else between us but love we can begin to find a way to truly be together.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. Job 14:17

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.