Forgiveness

Choose your words wisely. Words can be forgiven, but the impact they have may not be forgotten.

Choose your words wisely. Words can be forgiven, but the impact they have may not be forgotten.

Sylvester McNutt

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.

A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.

William Arthur Ward

Stop beating yourself up for the past mistakes. You deserve your forgiveness.

Stop beating yourself up for the past mistakes. You deserve your forgiveness.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

William Hazlitt

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Keep memories of insult on a short leash, and memories of blessing on a long one.

Keep memories of insult on a short leash, and memories of blessing on a long one.

Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.

Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Jean Paul Richter

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

G.K. Chesterton

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most.

Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me.

If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me.

Charles Spurgeon

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'