Forgiveness Quotes (836 Quotes)

Last time the customers were very forgiving. They came back until we got it.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Good-Nature and Good-Sense must ever join;
To err is Humane; to Forgive, Divine.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

Equality and respect for all are central to Europe's democratic tradition. Bans on gay pride marches and thinly veiled calls for censorship send a message that minority rights are at the mercy of the majority. They violate Poland's European and international obligations.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

Many of the followers of the Book wish that they could turn you back into unbelievers after your faith, out of envy from themselves, (even) after the truth has become manifest to them but pardon and forgive, so that Allah should bring about His command surely Allah has power over all things.

At the moment at which I admitted my sin and asked for God's forgiveness, He gave me the deepest level of understanding of mercy that I could ever have imagined.

Instead of being at the mercy of wild beasts, earthquakes, landslides, and inundations, modern man is battered by the elemental forces of his own psyche. This is the World Power that vastly exceeds all other powers on earth. The Age of Enlightenment, which stripped nature and human institutions of gods, overlooked the God of Terror who dwells in the human soul.

The pope focused on scriptural readings that said God's love was seen in the marvels of creation. ... fooled by the atheism that they carry inside of them, imagine a universe free of direction and order, as if at the mercy of chance.

Saddam and his colleagues are not the giants that the media sometimes talks about. Saddam sent us an oral message in which he begged for mercy. He said that they were working in the public interest and did not mean any harm,

He showed no pity. He showed no compassion. He showed no mercy. He deserves none for what he chose to do.

There's a wonderful sadness and poignancy about those Finnish films. They have people adrift at the mercy of fate. They're heartwarming. I also find them funny. I suppose that makes me an optimist.

We did it the classic way. We went to a gear shop, got some ropes and then were wise enough to back away when we realized we needed more training. Luckily, we picked something forgiving, nothing that was too outrageous or too difficult.

You Yourself are Beautiful, and You Yourself entice the world. You Yourself, by Your Kind Mercy, weave the thread of the world.

It's a pretty significant day for us. It is a day of abstinence when we fast, pray and smear ourselves with burnt ash to remind us of our sinfulness, forgiveness and mortality. It sets the tone for the penitential season leading up to Easter.

I was told for a good 5, 6, 7 years, 'You're going to have to do something about this because he's just not good any longer, ... It's nice that he's there, but he's not really adding musically.' But I kept thinking it didn't seem to matter. I had talented guys around him. It seemed as though our fans were pretty forgiving, and they were just happy he was there.

My Jesus Mercy.

I was called at an early age to minister to young people, but unfortunately I ran from God. I was a PK (preacher's kid), rebelled against my dad and made some mistakes in life. I joined a gang called the Latin Kings because of issues I had with my dad. I had some behavior problems during this time and was out of God's will, but He guarded me and protected me until I got serious through His word and realized that there is nothing greater on this Earth than God. God's mercy was on my life. I owe it all to Him.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

To be social is to be forgiving.

Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey the Apostle, so that mercy may be shown to you. (The Light 24.56)

'Tis thine to pity and forgive.

Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.

From what we've seen and heard here, the latest trend in migrant smuggling from Cuba is the go-fast boat. For those that go the route of migrant smuggling, they leave themselves at the mercy of smugglers who don't have an interest in their safety. They are interested in the cash.

Marriage requires the giving and keeping of confidences, the sharing of thoughts and feelings, respect and understanding always, marriage requires humility the humility to repent, the humility to forgive. Marriage requires flexibility (to give and take) and firmness not to compromise principles. And a wise and moderate sense of humor. Both need to be pulling together in the same direction.

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.

Once a great wrong has been done, it never dies. People speak the words of peace, but their hearts do not forgive. Generations perform ceremonies of reconciliation but there is no end.

If I know more of any man alive
Than that which maiden modesty doth warrant,
Let all my sins lack mercy!

These banish'd men, that I have kept withal,
Are men endu'd with worthy qualities;
Forgive them what they have committed here,
And let them be recall'd from their exile:
They are reformed, civil, full of good,
And fit for great employment, worthy lord.

And you did not expect that the Book would be inspired to you, but it is a mercy from your Lord, therefore be not a backer-up of the unbelievers.

That He may pay them back fully their rewards and give them more out of His grace surely He is Forgiving, Multiplier of rewards.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

I think we ought to be forgiving. The president said he's sorry. I think we need to have a proper punishment -- maybe censure by the Congress -- and move on and deal with the problems facing this county.

Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate.

Nanak offers this prayer to God, Please shower me with Your Mercy, and carry me across the terrifying world-ocean.

If only He would show His Mercy, and unite me with Himself

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

We forgive, we mortify our resentment a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old resentment blazing away as if nothing had been done about it at all. We need to forgive our brother seventy times seven not only for 490 offences but for one offence.

Assert their relationship to their fathers this is more equitable with Allah but if you do not know their fathers, then they are your brethren in faith and your friends and there is no blame on you concerning that in which you made a mistake, but (concerning) that which your hearts do purposely (blame may rest on you), and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Forgive Senator Lott if he's a bit frazzled. The president will continue to work with him to cut taxes for middle-income families, but we want tax cuts that are right for America, right for our economy and will help grow the national economy by focusing on education.

Christianity simply does not make sense until you have faced the sort of facts I have been describing. Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness. It therefore has nothing (as far as I know) to say to people who do not know they have done anything to repent of and who do not feel that they need forgiveness.

Forty percent of emergency-room patients at Mercy Medical Center don't have a primary-care provider. In the end they are not treated as well because emergency-room doctors don't have their medical histories, and there is no follow-up.

What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness Different results of the master impulse, the necessity of securing one's self-approval.

The Church does not invent sins but recognizes the will of God and has to declare it. Of course, the great thing... is that upon the Church, which has to declare the will of God in its full magnitude, in its unconditional rigor, so that man should know his true measure, is bestowed as a gift, at the same time, the task of forgiving.

A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy.

And those who accuse free women then do not bring four witnesses, flog them, (giving) eighty stripes, and do not admit any evidence from them ever and these it is that are the transgressors, Except those who repent after this and act aright, for surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

They wanted to come in here and send a message that we're in the ACC now and they whooped our butts. They showed no mercy. They really poured it on and we didn't respond.