Quotes about Forgiveness

Today, be proactive about forgiving those who have been the source of pain in your life.

Sin makes our armor vulnerable to attack from Satan, who then gains permission from God to attack us in the area where we have failed to uphold righteousness. If we break down in moral purity, Satan comes in and establishes a stronghold. If we give place to bitterness and unwillingness to forgive, we break fellowship with God and others. If we become money-focused, we fall into greed and deception. Sin is a vicious cycle that leaves us weak and vulnerable to ever more sin.

Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?

The only difference between saints and sinners is that every saint has a past while every sinner has a future.

I don't write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you.

And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand, The hand that held the steel: For only blood can wipe out blood, And only tears can heal

There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.

All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.

When a golden girl can win Prayer from out the lips of sin, When the barren almond bears, And a little child gives away its tears, Then shall all the house be still And peace come to Canterville.

Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your past. No man is

I was wrong. God's law is only Love.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.