3 December 2020 William Brewster I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness.
3 December 2020 Hannah More Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
3 December 2020 Janine Turner My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.
3 December 2020 Julian Clary I’m currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness.
3 December 2020 Robert Fripp A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
3 December 2020 Desmond Tutu Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC’s military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.
3 December 2020 Susan Smith I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!
3 December 2020 Jean-Francois Cope I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.
3 December 2020 Lewis B. Smedes To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
3 December 2020 Harlan Coben ‘Caught’ is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present – who should be and who shouldn’t be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won’t work.
3 December 2020 T. D. Jakes We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not it takes a very strong person to forgive.
3 December 2020 Jessica Lange Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.
3 December 2020 Mackenzie Phillips Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.
3 December 2020 Corrie Ten Boom Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
3 December 2020 Henry Ward Beecher I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
3 December 2020 Kristin Chenoweth I think it’s important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.
3 December 2020 John Dryden Forgiveness to the injured does belong but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
3 December 2020 Keira Knightley 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.
3 December 2020 Billy Graham Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.
3 December 2020 Elbert Hubbard Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
3 December 2020 Jonathan Sacks God’s forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.
3 December 2020 Jim Bakker God’s forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility and I do.
