Quotes about Forgiveness

And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand, The hand that held the steel: For only blood can wipe out blood, And only tears can heal

There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.

All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.

When a golden girl can win Prayer from out the lips of sin, When the barren almond bears, And a little child gives away its tears, Then shall all the house be still And peace come to Canterville.

Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your past. No man is

I was wrong. God's law is only Love.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

My daddy always told me to just do the best you knew how and tell the truth. He said there was nothin to set a man's mind at ease like wakin up in the morning and not havin to decide who you were. And if you done somethin wrong just stand up and say you done it and say you're sorry and get on with it. Don't haul stuff around with you.

Mercy is in the province of the person alone. There is mass hatred and mass grief. Mass vengeance and even mass suicide. But there is no mass forgiveness. There is only you.

You never know when you'll be in need of them you've despised

What the Squire has never understood is that forgiveness has a time line. While it's never too late for revenge.

You never know when you'll be in need of them you've despised, said Blevins.