535 Quotes About Forgiving

Forgiveness is not a gift you give someone else, forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself.

How accommodating love is; it forgives everything.

The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibility──of being unable to undo what one has done──is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for the chaotic uncertainty of the future, is contained in the faculty to make and keep promises. Both faculties depend upon plurality, on the presence and acting of others, for no man can forgive himself and no one can be bound by a promise made only to himself.

Life is forgiving and amazing. Embrace it. Cultivate it. Make it yours!

Let your thoughts and intentions always be forgiving and loving so that you may bring true peace to mankind.

Forgiveness is the highest degree of a trust in a better man

True repentance is a turning from sin . . . Humanly speaking, it is our small part in the plan of salvation. Our part is repenting. God will do the converting, the transforming, and the forgiving.

sometimes forgiving someone it's not because he's really sorry and deserved it, but because we were worthy of tranquility.

Humility helps us come to terms with what we cannot know. Patience takes the edge off when the hurt continues. Empathy is the gift that connects us with others. Forgiving ourselves for having such perfectly human reactions is harder than forgiving whatever caused them.