It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
— Grace Hopper
The forgiveness that comes of patient interpretation seems impossible when those nearest to your heart are threatened.
— Giles Foden
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
— Gerald Jampolsky
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
— George MacDonald
Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.
— George Bernard Shaw
We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.
— Frederick William Robertson
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
— Francis of Assisi
Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.
— Ezra Taft Benson
9/11 revealed that those about to die do not seem afraid or plead for forgiveness for their sins, if they think about them at all. They all have one thing in mind - those they love - and they all do the same thing: They call them up - spouses, family or friends - to tell them they love them.
— Eugene Kennedy
The power of forgiveness transcends personal relationships.
— Eric Metaxas
I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love Jesus as I did.
— Ellen G. White
God forgive you, but I never can.
— Elizabeth I
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
— Elbert Hubbard
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
No poem in the world could do my mom justice. Despite circumstance and adversity, she had an unwavering love for her kids and a faith-based, boundless capacity for forgiveness.
— Ed Schultz
Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption.
— Don Lemon
I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.
— Dick Gephardt
I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.
— Gordon B. Hinckley
Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.
Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
— George Herbert
The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love.
— Gary Zukav
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right.
— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
— Euripides
I think faith gives us a structure around which to try to organize our lives. I'm also a big believer, and very thankful that there's forgiveness.
— Erik Prince
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
— Emo Philips
I think forgiveness is probably one of the greatest forms of self-love there is because you don't do forgiveness for anybody else. My captors will never care if I forgive them... It will not make a day of difference to them at all, but it will make a huge difference to me.
— Elizabeth Smart
We have to look at loan forgiveness to incentivise young people to pursue degrees in areas where we know we need help.
— Elizabeth Esty
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.
— Edward Albert
I'd say I'm not sure about Christianity, but I sure do like their Christ and the lessons about turning the other cheek, about forgiveness, of yourself and others.
— Dustin Lance Black
Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this, he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God in order to imply that there is no mercy.
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.
— Desmond Tutu
It seems to me like Mother Nature's mercy and forgiveness have run dry, as we ceaselessly abuse her and take her for granted in order for us to continue our addiction to using fossil fuels. I've gotta say, I don't blame her. Not one bit.
— Gloria Reuben
I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.
Through faith in the Lord Jesus alone can we obtain forgiveness of our sins, and be at peace with God; but, believing in Jesus, we become, through this very faith, the children of God; have God as our Father, and may come to Him for all the temporal and spiritual blessings which we need.
— George Muller
Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
— George Foreman
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
Forgotten is forgiven.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves.
Thankfully, forgiveness, and the healing it brings in its wake, has nothing to do with 'deserve.'
Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.
— Emma Goldman
If I get to the end of my life, if I die, and I find out religion is one big lie, I still won't regret it because it's helped me to live a better life, to be a better person, to care about people, to believe in forgiveness, to believe in hope.
Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process.
— Elin Nordegren
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
No amount of debt restructuring, even debt forgiveness, will help the Greeks achieve real prosperity. What they need is not short-term relief but, rather, a long-term cure.
— Edmund Phelps
As a practicing Catholic all my life, my faith and the church are never far from my mind. The lessons I learned in the church have structured the way I've approached my life and my career. They were lessons of grace, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion.
— Donna Brazile
Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.
— Dick Van Dyke
