Quotes about Forgiveness

Nothing degrades a man do more than the allowed stoop so low as to hate someone

Since we do not take a man on his past history, we do not refuse him because of his past history. I never met a man who was thoroughly bad. There is always some good in him if he gets a chance.

Remember the man who truly repents is never satisfied with his own repentance.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

The sin That neither God nor man can well forgive.

It is true that the blood of the Son of God was shed for sins through the fall and those committed by men, yet men can commit sins which it can never remit.

It's Godlike to love man - even in his sin - merely because he's man.

If a man gets drunk and goes out and breaks his leg so that it must be amputated, God will forgive him if he asks it, but he will have to hop around on one leg all his life.

Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.

Thank goodness God is still faithful even when we're faithless.

I prayed earnestly for this Sister who had caused me so much struggle, but this was not enough for me. I tried to do everything I possibly could for her, and when tempted to answer her sharply, I hastened to give her a friendly smile and talk about something else, for, as it says in The Imitation, "It is better to leave everyone to his own way of thinking than begin an argument." (Imit., III, xliv, 1).

And I know that all that multitude of sins would disappear in an instant, even as a drop of water cast into a flaming furnace.d'Elbée, Jean du Coeur de Jésus