Quotes about Forgiveness

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

If you pardon all the evil done to you, you encourage others to do you evil! If you give your cloak to him who steals your coat, how long will it be, before your shirt and trousers will go also?

There it is . . . Our God declares the end in the beginning. In Christ, God loved us before we loved him, caught us before we fell, forgave us before we asked, clothed us in righteousness before we realized we were naked, and cleansed us before we were aware of our filth. God called those who were enemies, aliens, and strangers his very own children and friends. And wrote the story of our life before we drew our first breath.

We do not walk away from others to punish them; we turn away so the embers of anger can cool and reason can again rule our hearts.

Forgiveness is essential if we are to guard our hearts with all diligence.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Forgiveness is the Most Powerful thing you can Do for Yourself on the Spiritual Path.

It is easy to love people when they smell good, but sometimes they slip into the manure of life and smell awful. You must love them just as much when they smell foul.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.

Nothing so clearly distinguishes a spiritual man as his treatment of an erring brother.