If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.
Forgive those who have hurt you.
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
What is forgiven is usually well remembered.
God forgives those who invent what they need.
Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.
On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness.
It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.
Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness.
It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.
It's only through Christ that we can take full advantage of God's mercy and forgiveness through repentance in Jesus' name.
Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.
Amnesty is the forgiveness of something. Amnesty is anything that says, 'Do it illegally, it will be cheaper and easier.'
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is both saying that justice has been violated and not letting that violation count against the offender.
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
