Quotes about Forgivness

"Forgiveness for one's self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be."

"The films of which I'm most proud I've written are the ones that pivot on forgiveness."

"The Eucharist is an opportunity of grace and conversion. It's also a time of forgiveness of sins, so my hope would be that grace would be instrumental in bringing people to the truth."

"The power of forgiveness transcends personal relationships."

"Perhaps one could say I've worked in South Africa too long, but I believe in forgiveness, especially when a person admits a mistake, asks for forgiveness, and works to right a wrong."

"Forgiveness is a spiritual practice and biblical mandate from the New Testament that many American Christians engage in as a part of their faith."

"Forgiveness is enshrined in the Lord's prayer - forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. These scriptures point to the power of forgiveness not only as a way to absolve transgressions but to ensure that the person extending forgiveness will be forgiven of theirs."

"For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness."

"To my younger self, I would say unless you're literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission."

"These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost."

"When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier."

"My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness."

"I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members."

"Sandy Meisner would say it takes 20 years to make an actor. Some people it takes five, some people 30. And you have to have patience and forgiveness for yourself. It's hard when you see people at your age or younger becoming successful."

"I come from a background where, if someone is rough and tough, you handle things physically. People betrayed me, and you just want to choke them. But you choose forgiveness."

"If I get to the end of my life, if I die, and I find out religion is one big lie, I still won't regret it because it's helped me to live a better life, to be a better person, to care about people, to believe in forgiveness, to believe in hope."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

"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!!"

"I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness."

"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."

"In reality, student loan forgiveness is welfare for the rich: a federal mandate that people who will make less money on average over the course of their lives bail out people who will make more money on average over the course of their lives."

"The struggle between Israelis and Palestinians is a perfect reflection of the struggle between fear and forgiveness that rages within us all."

"For the support and help from the people of Indonesia that I received during my leadership, I ask for forgiveness if there have been any mistakes or shortcomings. Hopefully the people of Indonesia will remain victorious based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution."

"As president I will push for national student loan forgiveness."

"Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend."

"To err is human; to forgive, divine."

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you."

"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."

"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness."

"One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me."

"Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that."

"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."

"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."