Quotes about Forgiveness
Although I know nothing against myself, yet I am not hereby justified,(4) because if Thy mercy were removed away, in Thy sight should no man living be justified.(5)
- Thomas a Kempis
He who demands mercy and shows none burns the bridges over which he himself must later pass.
- Thomas Adams
Sin is a spiritual illness; thus sinners are in need of salvation.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is dissolution.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Believe it or not, Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.
- Tullian Tchividjian
The Savior of all mankind left the ninety and nine to find the one lost. That one who was lost need not have become lost.
- Gordon Hinckley
No pain, no gain. Without danger, the virtue of courage cannot be developed. Without trials and tribulations we can have no patience. God has to permit sin before we can experience forgiveness. Higher-order virtues are dependent on allowing lower-order evils.
- Norman Geisler
A man who is dedicated to helping improve the lives of other people A kind, honest, forgiving, and selfless husband, father, and friend A man who just doesn't just believe in God, but who believes God
- Clayton M. Christensen
No one has the right to do wrong, even if wrong has been done to them.
- Viktor E. Frankl
Only slowly could these men be guided back to the commonplace truth that no one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them.
- Viktor E. Frankl