Quotes about Forgiveness

There is a what-the-hell moment in life when you feel you have been pre-punished for every sin you'll ever commit.

A true friend sees past your excuses to the real reason it's not your fault.

A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have.

The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on.

That's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty.

Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new a day with no mistakes in it

What a spineless thing I must be not to have even one enemy!

Mrs. Lynde says Mrs. Wrights grandfather stole a sheep but Marilla says we mustent speak ill of the dead. Why mustent we, Anne? I want to know. It's pretty safe ain't it?

It's a dreadful mistake to cherish bitterness for years... hugging it to our hearts like a treasure.

Anne had brought her slate down on Gilbert's head and cracked it—slate not head—clear across.

Aunt Wellington, of whom Valancy stood in abject awe, would tell her about Olive's new chiffon dress and Cecil's last devoted letter. Valancy would have to look as pleased and interested as if the dress and letter had been hers or else Aunt Wellington would be offended. And Valancy had long ago decided that she would rather offend God than Aunt Wellington, because God might forgive her but Aunt Wellington never would.

You know there are some people, like Matthew and Mrs. Allen, that you can love right off without any trouble. And there are others, like Mrs. Lynde, that you have to try very hard to love. You know you ought to love them because they know so much and are such active workers in the church, but you have to keep reminding yourself of it all the time or else you forget.