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Quotes about Forgiveness

Mercy is what moves us toward God, while justice makes us tremble in his sight.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity.
— Mother Angelica
Every time I see my brother, I just praise God for God's grace in his life. Because if God can change Franklin from a prodigal into a man of God, he can do it for anybody.
— Anne Graham Lotz
Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins.
— Joel Osteen
Through faith in the Lord Jesus alone can we obtain forgiveness of our sins, and be at peace with God; but, believing in Jesus, we become, through this very faith, the children of God; have God as our Father, and may come to Him for all the temporal and spiritual blessings which we need.
— George Muller
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.
— Robert Frost
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
— Robert Frost
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
— Robert Frost
People who love their enemies should, at least, tell the truth about their friends.
— Robert Ingersoll
Yes, in Christianity, the gap that our sin creates between us and God is simply insurmountable. Trying to cross it is like jumping off the Newport Beach pier and trying to leap to Hawaii," he said, gesturing in the general direction of the Pacific Ocean.
— Lee Strobel
God is the God of do-overs, and that should give us great hope. We really can be absolved of our past.
— Lee Strobel
To Jesus she already is somebody. Like the loving father of the prodigal son, Jesus is frantically scanning the horizon, watching for Madonna to return to him. He's absolutely convinced that she's so valuable that she's worth dying for. 'Greater love has no one than this,' said Jesus in John 15:13, 'that one lay down his life for his friends.' That's what He did for her on the cross!
— Lee Strobel