Apologizing does not always mean you're wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.
For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the church.
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of confusion and pain.
The immoral woman in Luke 7 has the faith to anticipate Christ's forgiveness. She can act in love with no words to justify.
Those who break the law should be loved more and not less for their sin, for if we do not forgive then is sin added to sin and the end is death.
Unforgiveness is the most prolific cause of disease. It will harden arteries or liver, and affect the eye-sight. In its train are endless ills.
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.
Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to forgive the people you love.
Love me, then, or hate me, as you will, I said at last, you have my full and free forgiveness, ask now for God's, and be at peace.
Resentment hurts you more than the person you’re holding a grudge against. Give yourself the relief that you deserve and release this pressure.
It's not just other people we need to forgive, Mitch. " He finally whispered, "We also need to forgive ourselves.
The Cross is where the flesh goes to die. Its hands can no longer reach for what it desires because they have been nailed to the Cross.
We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it—because we need it.