“If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption.”
Forgiveness is not about letting someone off the hook — it is about putting the hook down. These quotes explore what it takes to release resentment, how to forgive without forgetting, and why holding a grudge mostly punishes the person holding it.
“Forgiveness means letting go of the past.”
“If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption.”
“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
“One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.”
“When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.”
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
“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.”
“Forgive, son men are men they needs must err.”
“Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.”
“God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.”
“God will forgive me. It's his job.”
“Life is an adventure in forgiveness.”
“I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.”
“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”
“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.”