Saturday, April 11, 2009

Forgiveness

  • “When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.” -- Catherine Ponder

  • “There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” --Bryant H. McGill

  • “To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” -- Robert Muller quotes

  • “Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.” -- Oscar Wilde quotes

  • “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” -- Lewis B. Smedes“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.”

  • “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” -- Mahatma Gandhi
  • “You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.”

  • “Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time.” -- Sara Paddison

  • “The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -- Thomas S. Szasz

  • “People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for being right.” -- Joanne Kathleen Rowling

  • “Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.” -- Peter Ustinov“You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.” Lewis B. Smedes


“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” - Mark Twain


  • “Forgiveness is the oil of relationships” -- Josh McDowell
  • “We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves” -- Joshua Loth “The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing” -- George Bernard Shaw
  • “He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.” -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • “Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.” --Hannah Moore




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