Quotes about Forgiveness
When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight. When you see in yourself the wish that the other person stop suffering, that is a sign of real love.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
With understanding and compassion, you will be able to heal the wounds in your heart, and the wounds in the world.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
We agreed that the true enemy of man is not man. Our enemy is not outside of us. Our true enemy is the anger, hatred, and discrimination that is found in the hearts and minds of man.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Carrying a grudge is a heavy burden. As you forgive, you will feel the joy of being forgiven.
— Henry B. Eyring
The Gospel declares that our guilt has been atoned for, the law has been fulfilled. So we don't need to live under the burden of trying to appease the judgment we feel.
— Tullian Tchividjian
People have to realize that just because you're a Christian, it doesn't mean that you're perfect, because every once in a while everyone stumbles.
— Tim Tebow
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Keeping score is for games, not friendships.
— John Maxwell
I'm not that kinda guy to hold a grudge.
— Ted DiBiase Sr.
It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.
— Karl Barth
In the Gospels, being a sinner means being lost ... There is no way for man to escape the condition of being lost ... The lost can only be sought and found.
— GC Berkouwer
The church may not function as a fearful border guard, but rather as one who brings good tidings (Romans 10:15; Isaiah 52:7 ... For Christ died for us 'while we were yet sinners, while we were enemies' (Romans 5:8,10). All hardness, imprudence and rashness can only be signs that she has forgotten the gracious overstepping of the boundaries at her birth.
— GC Berkouwer