Quotes about Forgiveness

Have mercy, and forgive us, Father. We've saved our sacred images, but sacrificed Your image within our souls.

Love means to love that which is unlovable or it is no virtue at all.

I was still searching for someone to blame for my suffering. I really wanted someone to transfer my hate to, so that I could stop hating myself.

Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to forgive the people you love.

A-tone-ment-its a chance to fix the unfixable and to start all over again. It begins when you forgive yourself for all you've done wrong, and forgive others for all they've done to you. Your mistakes aren't mistakes anymore, they're just things that make you stronger.

God has accepted your repentance. He gives his forgiveness freely.

It's never too late. We've come around to a better way of life with showing love and giving love. That's what matters.

Peace comes with forgiveness. And sometimes forgiveness must be earned—not from other men, but from our own hearts and spirits.

I believed that was the point of real forgiveness: It was freely given. Grace-filled. Unsolicited.

Someone once told me that everyone deserved to be loved. Even the unlovable? Maybe especially them.

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?

The remedy for most marital stress is not in divorce. It is in repentance and forgiveness, in sincere expressions of charity and service. It is not in separation. It is in simple integrity that leads a man and a woman to square up their shoulders and meet their obligations. It is found in the Golden Rule, a time-honored principle that should first and foremost find expression in marriage.