Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Votes: 6
Mark TwainTo forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Votes: 5
Lewis B. SmedesWhen you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future. Votes: 4
Bernard MeltzerForgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts. Votes: 3
Mary Boykin ChesnutForgiveness is strength.The strength to move ahead without any resentment. Votes: 3
Lailah Gifty AkitaForgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom. Votes: 3
William Arthur WardForgiveness is the ultimate preventive medicine, as well as the greatest healer. Votes: 3
Marianne WilliamsonForgiveness can be viewed as love, But love doesn't always guarantee forgiveness. Votes: 3
Gisclerc MorissetForgiveness is spiritual. Punishment is legal," Leo says. "They're not mutually exclusive. Votes: 3
Jodi PicoultForgiveness, compassion, and kindness are the fundamental ingredients of our beloved humanity. Votes: 3
Debasish MridhaForgiveness leads to a shift in perception. It transforms the hurt into healing. Votes: 3
Iyanla VanzantForgiveness comes later in life, after you've created enough disasters of your own. Votes: 3
Mat JohnsonForgiveness is knowing and remembering what happened, but choosing to move beyond it. Votes: 3
Ashley OrmonForgiveness is what makes adults different to children: children just forget, adults forgive. Votes: 3
Tim RelfForgiveness is the fastest way to a spiritual path and inner peace of mind Votes: 3
Muhaya Haji MohamadForgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different. Votes: 3
Oprah WinfreyForgiveness has its comforts, but it can never give you back what you've lost. Votes: 3
Jonathan TropperForgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different. Votes: 3
Tyler PerryForgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. Votes: 3
Barbara JohnsonForgiveness spares the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. Votes: 3
Hannah MoreForgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong. Votes: 3
John DrydenForgiveness is easy. Trust is much more difficult, and should never be given lightly. Votes: 3
Ellen HopkinsForgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat. Votes: 3
Wm. Paul YoungForgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat. Votes: 3
William P. YoungForgiveness is the intentional act or process of pardoning or offering absolution unto another. Votes: 3
Asa Don BrownForgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them. Votes: 3
Richard Paul EvansForgiveness is the flower of love and kindness; it only grows in the bravest heart. Votes: 3
Debasish MridhaForgiveness in the heart comes about when the walls of separation in the mind fall. Votes: 3
Deepak ChopraForgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me. Votes: 3
Corrie Ten BoomForgiveness is the Most Powerful thing you can Do for Yourself on the Spiritual Path. Votes: 3
Wayne DyerForgiveness, which is the place that every story turns, the chance we give each other. Votes: 3
Beth KephartForgiveness. It is beneficial to forgive but better not to condemn in the first place. Votes: 3
Ian GardnerForgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge. Votes: 3
Karl LagerfeldForgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice. Votes: 3
Alain de BottonForgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner! Votes: 3
Max LucadoForgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person's throat. Votes: 3
Wm. Paul YoungForgiveness isn't about letting the other person off the hook - it's about releasing ourselves. Votes: 3
Gabrielle BernsteinForgiveness is not an event. It is a series of decisions made over and over again. Votes: 3
Karen SalmansohnForgiveness is the best gift of love and kindness that we can give to our enemies. Votes: 3
Debasish MridhaForgiveness is the divine miracle of grace. The cost to God was the Cross of Christ. Votes: 3
Oswald ChambersForgiveness is not generally something that you find as a coin to be used by politicians. Votes: 3
Desmond TutuForgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon. Votes: 3
Nelson MandelaForgiveness releases you from a past that no longer defines you. Allow yourself to move on. Votes: 3
Cheryl RichardsonForgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives. Votes: 3
Lawana BlackwellForgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual. Votes: 3
Jennifer O'NeillForgiveness isn't simply an option or a good idea; it is mandatory for our restorative process. Votes: 3
Grace GealeyForgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party. Votes: 3
Harold S. KushnerForgiveness is not a gift you give someone else, forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself. Votes: 3
Donald L. HicksForgiveness is about your peace of mind. When you don't forgive, you are the one who suffers. Votes: 3
Bryant McGillForgiveness is the kindest form of revenge and it brings the sweetest form of peace on earth. Votes: 3
Debasish MridhaForgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness. Votes: 3
Art AlexakisForgiveness is not between me and the one who has hurt me; it is between me and the Lord. Votes: 3
Virginia H. PearceForgiveness is not a matter of who is right or wrong. It is a matter of doing the right thing. Votes: 3
Choa Kok SuiI invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition. Votes: 2
Jean-Francois CopeIt's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. Votes: 2
Maya AngelouThe bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. Votes: 2
Harriet Beecher StoweTo be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. Votes: 2
C. S. LewisHis heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong. Votes: 2
Ralph Waldo EmersonYou have permission to release all loyalties to past mistakes. Votes: 1
LaShaun Middlebrooks CollierLife, that ever needs forgiveness, has, for its first duty, to forgive.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonWhatever the cost of repentance, it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness.
D. Todd ChristoffersonEveryone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowAnger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.
Cherie Carter-ScottThe forgiveness of the world can only be accomplished by the judgment of the world.
Ralph Washington SockmanNothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.
Samuel RichardsonThe only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness.
Frederick William RobertsonWhat I envy most about you Christians is your forgiveness; I have nobody to forgive me.
Marghanita LaskiMan can be literally transformed by his own repentance and by God's gift of forgiveness.
Spencer W. KimballThe more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others.
Timothy KellerWealth, honors, pleasures, is not so eagerly to be desired as the forgiveness of our sins.
R. A. TorreyWe are to extend forgiveness to others in the same way that God did to us: Unconditionally.
David JeremiahI don't want to express violence or anger or hate in my art. I want to express forgiveness.
Raymond PettibonI think we have such a crown jewel in the forgiveness of God, and it changes people's lives.
Max LucadoSometimes forgiveness is the hardest thing to give, but the most cherished thing to receive.
Maya BanksIt's easy to win forgiveness for being wrong; being right is what gets you into real trouble.
Bjarne StroustrupTo get to forgiveness, we first have to work through the painful experiences that require it.
Christiane NorthrupWe must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.
Desmond TutuIt's not our ability to get forgiveness that saves us. It's out ability to grant forgiveness.
Jeri Smith-ReadyTrue forgiveness is one of the most healing releasing, and freeing gifts we give to ourselves.
Brandon BaysReceiving the Holy Ghost is the therapy which effects forgiveness and heals the sin-sick soul.
Marion G. RomneyDon't be afraid to ask God for forgiveness. He never tires of forgiving us. God is pure mercy.
Pope FrancisLet no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.
Saint John ChrysostomI will be asking for forgiveness, but hopefully I won't have to be asking for much forgiveness.
Donald TrumpAnger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonIt may be easier to get forgiveness than permission, but trust is harder to get back than both.
Ingrid WeirGrace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But chooses to see God's forgiveness even more.
Max LucadoWhen you fall in love, love deeply. Be tough but also be open to the possibility of forgiveness.
Nicholas SparksForgiveness is not about the other person or what they did. Forgiveness is for YOU and about YOU.
Iyanla VanzantForgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.
Jennifer O'NeillEvery twenty-four hours God has a fresh new supply of grace, of favor, of wisdom, of forgiveness.
Joel OsteenForgiveness isnât something Iâm preoccupied with â turning the other cheek isnât my trip.
Karl LagerfeldIf you are bathed In God's Forgiveness-Light, Then no dust of earth Will be able to cling to you.
Sri ChinmoyForgiveness is 'selective remembering'--a conscious decision to focus on love and let the rest go.
Marianne WilliamsonThe pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.
Frederick BuechnerI just find in our world that forgiveness is becoming more and more a difficult thing for us to do.
Tavis SmileyThis Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin.
Thomas AquinasCompassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life
Dalai LamaNo marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
Elisabeth ElliotSomehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.
Gordon B. HinckleyLove manifests towards those whom we like as love; towards those whom we do not like as forgiveness.
Hazrat Inayat KhanIf it were not for repentance and forgiveness, I would become discouraged and discontinue my labors.
J. Golden KimballSin scorches us most after it comes under the scrutinizing light of God's forgiveness and not before
Karl BarthFor 'tis sweet to stammer one letter Of the Eternal's language; - on earth it is called Forgiveness!
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness. Votes: 3 Frederick Buechner
Forgiveness is required to dissolve all the negative energy cords because it releases shame, guilt, anger, hatred, etc. Votes: 3 Hina Hashmi
It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Votes: 4 Grace Hopper
It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Votes: 1 Grace Hopper
In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness. Votes: 1 John Edwards
Any time a Christian is conscious of his sin, judges the sin and takes sides against it with a penitent heart, then he has a perfect right to trust the Lord for instant, complete forgiveness and for perfect cleansing. Votes: 3 John R. Rice
No amount of debt restructuring, even debt forgiveness, will help the Greeks achieve real prosperity. What they need is not short-term relief but, rather, a long-term cure. Votes: 3 Edmund Phelps
Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on. Votes: 1 Alice Miller
In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus assumes that asking for forgiveness would be a daily occurrence, as would praying that we might be delivered from evil and led not into temptation. Votes: 1 Kevin DeYoung
I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance. Votes: 5 Kristin Chenoweth
Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption. Votes: 3 Don Lemon
I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness. Votes: 1 William Brewster
Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is. Votes: 1 Patricia Heaton
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. Votes: 4 H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration. Votes: 1 William P. Young
We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges. Votes: 3 T. D. Jakes
If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt. Votes: 1 Keira Knightley
Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours. Votes: 3 James E. Faust
Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness. Votes: 1 Louis Zamperini
Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness. Votes: 3 Louis Zamperini
I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!! Votes: 3 Susan Smith
Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness. Votes: 1 Louis Zamperini
I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba. Votes: 5 Carlos Santana
Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go. Votes: 3 Melody Beattie
Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love. Votes: 4 Mahavira
In Christ we see a maturity of love that flowers in self-sacrifice and forgiveness; a maturity of power that never swerves from the ideal of service; a maturity of goodness that overcomes every temptation, and, of course, we see the ultimate victory of life over death itself. Votes: 3 Vincent Nichols
In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness. Votes: 3 John Edwards
Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it's a personal life or a national life. Votes: 1 Hillary Clinton
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. Votes: 1 Henry Ward Beecher
Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours. Votes: 1 James E. Faust
In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness. Votes: 3 John Edwards
The best gift that we can give to our enemy is not war, but forgiveness and peace. Votes: 3 Debasish Mridha
Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. Votes: 3 Desmond Tutu
I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I'm confessing my sins, and describing my path of sin and then in the act of confession I beg for your forgiveness and redemption. Votes: 5 Aleksandar Hemon
I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night. Votes: 1 Mark Wahlberg
You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do. Votes: 3 Nicole Kidman
Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. Votes: 3 Desmond Tutu
My hope is that my novels reflect the reality of a world where good and evil exist, imperfect people make mistakes, but a perfect Heavenly Father offers forgiveness and second chances. Votes: 3 Julie Klassen
Own your failure openly, publicly, with genuine regret but absolutely no shame, and you'll reap a harvest of forgiveness, trust, respect, and connection-the things you thought you'd get by succeeding. Ironic, isn't it? Votes: 2 Martha Beck
On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level. Votes: 3 Edward Albert
If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness. Votes: 1 Vusi Mahlasela
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. Votes: 1 Henry Ward Beecher
God makes it really clear that society and civilization is really held together by the glue of families... When a man and a woman come together and say 'I do,' they are committing for a lifetime to love each other and to model what love is and what forgiveness is and what joy is to their kids. Votes: 3 Kirk Cameron
It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins. Votes: 1 Karl Barth
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. Votes: 3 Dalai Lama
Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them. Votes: 1 Tyler Perry
Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity. Votes: 1 Mackenzie Phillips
Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is. Votes: 3 Patricia Heaton
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. Votes: 2 Henry Ward Beecher
I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance. Votes: 3 Kristin Chenoweth
On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level. Votes: 3 Edward Albert
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. Votes: 2 Mason Cooley
I believe the Scriptures teach that there's a literal heaven and a literal hell, just like Jesus said. And without forgiveness of sins that, yeah, the place of punishment is called hell. Votes: 2 Kirk Cameron
Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life. Votes: 3 Joyce Meyer
Forgiveness means letting go of the past. Votes: 3 Gerald Jampolsky
Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love. Votes: 2 Pope Francis
God makes it really clear that society and civilization is really held together by the glue of families... When a man and a woman come together and say 'I do,' they are committing for a lifetime to love each other and to model what love is and what forgiveness is and what joy is to their kids. Votes: 1 Kirk Cameron
I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness. Votes: 3 Dick Gephardt
I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of my life, really, since I was a child, but at 16 years of age, I fully surrendered my life over to Christ. At that point, as a teenager, I began to grasp the concept of Christ's true love and forgiveness. Votes: 3 Michele Bachmann
I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness. Votes: 3 Marianne Williamson
I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night. Votes: 4 Mark Wahlberg
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge. Votes: 3 Gerald Jampolsky
If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being. Votes: 3 James E. Faust
It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins. Votes: 5 Karl Barth
Hate destroys a bridge but forgiveness rebuilds it. Votes: 3 Debasish Mridha
I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion. Votes: 1 Andrea Thompson
It's only through Christ that we can take full advantage of God's mercy and forgiveness through repentance in Jesus' name. Votes: 1 Monica Johnson
I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive. Votes: 3 Odette Annable
God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency. Votes: 3 Jonathan Sacks
Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity. Votes: 3 Mackenzie Phillips
The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it. Votes: 3 Simon Wiesenthal
It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation. Votes: 1 Victoria Osteen
I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive. Votes: 3 Odette Annable
A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers. Votes: 3 Robert Green Ingersoll
Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day. Votes: 1 George Foreman
...God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.... From the earliest parts of the Bible, it was understood that God could not forgive without sacrifice. No one who is seriously wronged can "just forgive" the perpetrator.... But when you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly. Votes: 3 Timothy Keller
Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness. Votes: 1 Art Alexakis
Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness. Votes: 1 Louis Zamperini
If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is both saying that justice has been violated and not letting that violation count against the offender. Votes: 4 Miroslav Volf
I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness. Votes: 6 Dick Gephardt
Forgiveness means letting go of the past. Votes: 1 Gerald Jampolsky
It's only through Christ that we can take full advantage of God's mercy and forgiveness through repentance in Jesus' name. Votes: 1 Monica Johnson
In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness. Votes: 1 John Edwards
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Votes: 2 Honore de Balzac
Forgiveness of sins is great, but I'd rather have the ability to quit doing the things I keep needing forgiveness for. Votes: 3 D.R. Silva
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. Votes: 5 Bryant H. McGill
The word 'confession,' to me, means needing to be absolved. I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm not asking people to understand. I'd like to think that I tell stories and sometimes my life weaves through it. Votes: 3 Tori Amos
Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity. Votes: 2 Mackenzie Phillips
The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it. Votes: 0 Simon Wiesenthal
The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world. Votes: 3 Immaculee Ilibagiza
I have come to see the real clash of the ages, involve wars and various historical circumstances, as being a clash of satan' s versus God's plan for man to learn and experience true liberty, by first receiving forgiveness of sins through the work of Christ on the cross, and then walking in the 'newness of life. Votes: 3 Richard S. Wheeler
I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness. Votes: 1 Gordon B. Hinckley
I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness. Votes: 1 Dick Gephardt
I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive. Votes: 1 Odette Annable
I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation. Votes: 3 Jayson Blair
Forgiveness multiplies and melts rigid postures. Try again and again with self forgiveness. Be the kind parent to yourself you may not have had. Votes: 6 Sark
I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility. Votes: 1 John Rowland
On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level. Votes: 3 Edward Albert