quotations about forgiveness
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
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attributed, Mayor
Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times (or seventy times seven)."
JESUS
Matthew 18:21
Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
JESUS
Luke 6:37
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
JESUS
Luke 23:34
Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
JESUS
Luke 11:4
Good, to forgive;
Best to forget.
ROBERT BROWNING
prologue, La Saisiaz
When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines upon you.
JON KRAKAUER
Into the Wild
True and genuine forgiveness, that which our Lord commands, buries all offenses beyond all hope of resurrection in the deep bosom of the ocean, and knows them again no more forever. Indeed, a friendship cemented by forgiveness is like iron welded--stronger at the point of juncture than elsewhere; or like a broken bone repaired--it will break anywhere else sooner than at the place of former fracture.
R. H. BENNETT
"The Law of Forgiveness", Homiletic Review, Volume 55
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
SIMONE WEIL
"Void and Compensation", Gravity and Grace
They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
Festus
Forgiveness is healing ... especially forgiving yourself.
ALYSON NOËL
Evermore
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
SCOTT ADAMS
attributed, Dictionary of Quotations
I love you and I forgive you. I am like you and you are like me. I love all people. I love the world. I love creating. Everything in our life should be based on love.
RAY BRADBURY
"Sci-fi Legend Ray Bradbury on God, Monsters and Angels", CNN: Living, August 2, 2010
Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history.
HANNAH ARENDT
attributed, Aspects of Love: An Exploration of 1 Corinthians 13
I know forgiveness is a man's duty, but, to my thinking, that can only mean as you're to give up all thoughts o' taking revenge: it can never mean as you're t' have your old feelings back again, for that's not possible.
GEORGE ELIOT
Adam Bede
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
MATTHEW 6:14
Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
1957
The offender never pardons.
GEORGE HERBERT
Jacula Prudentum
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
1957
Forgiveness is like money. We want to get it, not give it.
JENTEZEN FRANKLIN
Love Like You've Never Been Hurt