Best 1057 quotes in «forgiving quotes» category

Whatever else we may say about it, the atonement fulfills the Jewish principle that only one who has been hurt can forgive. At Calvary, God chose to be hurt.

Whatever our religion, we know that if we really want to love, we must first learn to forgive before anything else.

What I cannot forgive is dishonesty - and no matter what, or how hard, I would rather know the truth of which I today had such a clear & devastating vision from his mouth than hear foul evasions, blurrings and rattiness.

What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?

What is it to bring the man out of his sepulchre if you leave him dead? Why lead him into the light if he is still blind? We thank God, that he who forgives our iniquities also heals our diseases.

What is there to forgive?. . .Ignore forgive and concentrate on living. Life for you is short; far too short to allow small jealousies to infringe on the happiness which can be yours only for the briefest of times.

What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal-I do not like your face, M. Ratchett.

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.

When Allah grants us the sense to ask Him for forgiveness, then He has granted us a huge favor. It's a sign that He wants to forgive us.

When a person is carrying their sin, it can be quite a load...I don't know what else to do with your sin but confess and ask God to forgive it.

When Arnold Schwarzenegger goes to his reward - how's that? That's a crack, but I treat Governor Schwarzenegger well in my book. He's done such great work in California; we'll forgive him one personal habit. Everybody should have one not-totally-CO2-friendly habit they can be forgiven for. So we'll forgive him that one.

When God forgives, He at once restores.

When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.

When God forgives our sin, he is not changing his mind about us; he is changing our mind about him.

Whenever we are ill, we need to search our hearts to see what we need to forgive.

When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.

When God forgives us for hitting Him with a club we should manage to put up with the pin pricks we get from our fellows.

When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.

When filled with God's love, we can do and see and understand things that we could not otherwise do or see or understand. Filled with His love, we can endure pain, quell fear, forgive freely, avoid contention, renew strength, and bless and help others in ways surprising even to us.

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better.

When I learned to forgive, it was like a million pounds were lifted from me.

When I talk of forgiveness I mean the belief that you can come out the other side ... a better person than the one being consumed by anger and hatred. Remaining in that state locks you in a state of victimhood, making you almost dependent on the perpetrator. If you can find it in yourself to forgive then you are no longer chained to the perpetrator. You can move on.

When Jesus Christ forgives you of sin, He never brings it back up.

When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety . . . He went to Calvary's cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him. He settled for everything, and then He cried, 'It is finished.' And on the basis of that finished work, God can freely forgive, and justify completely, every poor sinner who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ.

When we have been hurt, slighted, or wounded unfairly, we are not left alone to bear it. We can get on our knees and ask for the Lord's help to forgive.

When once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vice, constrained by the love of God.

When there’s only God to blame, we forgive him. When it’s our fellow man, we destroy him.

When we don’t forgive, we’re not hurting the other person. We’re not hurting the company that did us wrong. We’re not hurting God. We’re only hurting ourselves.

When we pray for God to illumine our path, we are saying, ‘Dear God, please show me the way. What thoughts do I need to think, to be able to navigate my life at this point? What perceptions do I need; what insights will guide me? Who do I need to forgive? What parts of my personality do I need to look at; what changes do I need to make? Please come upon me and heal my life. Amen.

When we want to move beyond the pain, when we want to feel better, when we are ready to move beyond where we are, emotionally and spiritually, we must forgive.

When you are depressed, bear in mind the Lord's command to Peter to forgive a sinner seventy times seven (cf. Mt. 18:22). And you may be sure that He Who gave this command to another will Himself do very much more.

When you choose not to forgive... it is you who are forced every day to look at life through contaminated lenses because you have chosen to keep them.

When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.

When you choose not to forgive, the experience that you do not forgive sticks with you.

When you don't forgive you permit your enemies to live rent free in your head -evict them today.

When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner.

When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly.

When you forgive, you must cancel the debt. Do not spend your life paying and collecting debts.

When you forgive, you're not doing God a favor, you are giving yourself the gift of freedom.

While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.

When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.

Wherever we go we do harm, forgiving ourselves as wheels do cement for wearing each other out. We set this house on fire, forgetting that we live within. (from "To a Meadowlark," for M.L. Smoker)

When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.

Who understands much, forgives much.

Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive.

Who understands much forgives much. To understand everything makes us very forgiving.

Why are women always the ones who have to forgive? If you cheated on a man, he would be like, ‘You’re disgusting, and I want nothing to do with you.’ But women, we’re supposed to be like, ‘He messed up. He made a mistake.’

Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a big tense mess and out of it comes some joy. It must be magic.

Why forgive one who wrongs you? Because if you angrily strike back you misrepresent your own divine soul nature-you are no better than your offender. But if you manifest spiritual strength you are blessed, and the power of your righteous behavior will also help the other person to overcome his misunderstanding.