Forgiveness/Quotes

"''Peter approached Jesus and asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.""

- Matthew 18

"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much."

- Oscar Wilde

"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."

- Saint Augustine

"Please do not deplore yourself. Even if the world does not forgive, I will forgive you. Please do not deplore yourself. Even if you do not forgive the world, I will forgive you. So please tell me. What will it take for you, to forgive me?"

- Frederica Bernkastel

"Instead of forgive and forget, it should be forgive and remember. Remember that you may have to get up and forgive again tomorrow. And again, and again, and again, the way a heart keeps beating"

- 'Augustus Hill Oz''

"To forgive is an act of compassion, Buffy. It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it."

- Giles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"Forgiveness... Blessings!"

- Christian Weston Chandler

"Forgive, the best prize you can give"

- Kreyson, "Forgiveness"

"The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative."

- Philip Yancey, What's So Amazing About Grace?