Quotes about Forgiveness
Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.
- CS Lewis
Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century Most people feel unworthy of forgiveness. They have a tremendous sense of unworthiness, even if outwardly they are antagonistic toward God and the Gospel.
- Luis Palau
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
- Corrie Ten Boom
Forgiveness is God's command.
- Martin Luther
One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.
- Karl Barth
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
- Mark Twain
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
- Elbert Hubbard
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.
- Henry Ward Beecher
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.
- St. Augustine
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.
- Dag Hammarskjold
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
- John F. Kennedy
You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
- Tertullian