Forgive me, that I manage badly, Manage badly but live gloriously, That I leave traces of myself in my songs, That I appeared to you in waking dreams. — Anna Akhmatova
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me. — Robert Frost
I seek forgiveness from Allah for the lack of my sincerity when I say I seek the forgiveness of Allah — Rabia Basri
The teacher found out. The student says: Oh forgive me. — Vietnamese Proverbs
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense. — Robert Frost
Don't ask permission, just ask forgiveness. — Drake
Short Forgive Me Quotes
God forgives man the time spent looking at airplane photos. — Barrett Tillman
Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart! — Pope Francis
I forgive myself for not being perfect. I am living the very best way I know how. — Louise Hay
Forgiving others is easier when I remember that I'm human and stupid, too. — Justina Chen
To err is human; to forgive, divine. — Alexander Pope
Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. — Garrison Keillor
When God forgave me, I figured I'd better do it too. — Johnny Cash
Forgive those who have hurt you. — Les Brown
Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice. — Anselm of Canterbury
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. — Adlai E. Stevenson
Top 10 Forgive Me Quotes
Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me. — Corrie Ten Boom
If I repent now will God forgive me?
No, but if God forgives you, you will repent. — Rabia Basri
I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. — Booker T. Washington
A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven - not excused or sublimated. — Fulton J. Sheen
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. — William Arthur Ward
It is in our forgiveness of other people’s sins against us that we reveal the fact that we have been truly forgiven by God. — Alistair Begg
Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior. — John Newton
Before you judge someone else, stop and think about all that God has forgiven you for. — Joyce Meyer
The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.' — Billy Graham
I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget. — Chaim Herzog
Forgive Me Image Quotes
A strong person loves, forgives, walks away, lets go, tries again, perseveres... No matter what life throws at them.
Hope you'll forgive me, never meant wrong. Tried to be patient, but waited too long. But I would've came back.. But I would've came back for you. — Drake
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
I recognize that by saying that I'm deeply sorry, it might not be enough and sufficient to address the pain and the hurt that I have caused you. Therefore, I want to ask for your forgiveness for my actions, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. — Marion Jones
I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility. — John Rowland
I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility. — John G. Rowland
Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know before you learned it.
For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness, of this Kind, we give and demand in Turn. — Henry Fielding
In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me." — Desmond Tutu
Because I was flat out wrong
I'm on my knees
Begging that you
Will forgive me, please — John Walter Bratton
Will You Forgive Me Quotes
You can tell the people that if they succeed in killing me, that I forgive and bless those who do it. Hopefully, they will realize they are wasting their time. A bishop will die, but the church of God, which is the people, will never perish. — Oscar Romero
You I am sure will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity and be more of an artist, and 'load every rift' of your subject with ore. — Bob Dylan
Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you. — Louisa May Alcott
Forgiving someone is easy, it's trusting them again that's hard.
You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you. — Max Lucado
I've been trying to get down to the heart of the matter
but my will gets weak
and my thoughts seem to scatter
but I think it's about forgiveness...
forgiveness,
even if you don't love me anymore. — Don Henley
We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.
One day I will forgive you; until then there are scabs everywhere that you have touched me. — Salvador Plascencia
Listen to me." He grabbed my arms, holding me there. " I couldn't find you. And I will never forgive myself for that. Ever. — Ally Carter
I just love those [saying of Christ ]: "Father forgive them, they know not what they do. I thirst. It is finished. Into Your hands I commit My spirit. Today you will be with Me in paradise." That was really the heart of the second book I wrote called No Wonder They Call Him Savior. — Max Lucado
Only true remorse and "Will you forgive me?" can press the reset button. — Andy Andrews
Please Forgive Me Quotes
I am not yet born; Forgive me For the sins that in me the world shall commit, my words When they speak me, my thoughts when they think me, My treason engendered by traitors beyound me, My life when they murder by means of my hands, my death when they live me. — Louis Macneice
I am overcome by my own amazing sloth...Can you please forgive me and believe that it is really because I want to do something well that I don't do it at all? — Elizabeth Bishop
If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl. — H. L. Mencken
Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.
Please forgive me. My pedicurist had a stroke. She fell forward onto the orange stick and plunged it into my toe.
It required bandaging. — Woody Allen
Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender — Elizabeth Gilbert
Sometimes you forgive people simply becuase you still want them in your life. — Ally Carter
Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.
Please understand. Please forgive me. I prayed every day for you to be alive, until hope became painful. Don't hate me. I still love you. — Lauren Oliver
Never forget the nine most important words of any family- I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart. — Jesse Jackson
I Forgive You Quotes
I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness. — Louis Zamperini
God always forgives when you are totally repentant and you desire to change. He forgives... and He never gets tired of forgiving. Never. You may get tired asking. I hope not. He never, never tires of forgiving. Never. — Mother Angelica
Whatever our religion, we know that if we really want to love, we must first learn to forgive before anything else. — Mother Teresa
When you forgive, you don't change the past... You change the future!
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
Dear Lord, forgive me for all of the times I've compared myself to others. I know that You have hand-picked all of my qualities. Help me to see these things as beautiful reminders of Your great love in creating me as Your daughter. In Jesus' Name, Amen. — Lysa TerKeurst
I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads. — Willie Nelson
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Believe that a further shore
is reachable from here. — Seamus Heaney
Anything worth having is hard to keep,
I love you like my coffee, so hot and so sweet.
So, let's stick it out so we never regret it,
I could forgive the past-but I never forget it. — Ghostface Killah
Saying 'I love you' does not mean that you love me. Completely embracing me and forgiving me and being in the moment with me, that's love. — Duncan Trussell
10 ways to love: listen, speak, give, pray, answer, share, enjoy, trust, forgive, promise. — Will Smith
Lord Forgive Me Quotes
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. — Emo Philips
You've never gone too far that God can't redeem you, restore you, forgive you, and give you a second chance. — Lysa TerKeurst
I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. — Catherine II
Forgive those who hurt you, but never forget what it taught you.
When Allah grants us the sense to ask Him for forgiveness, then He has granted us a huge favor. It's a sign that He wants to forgive us. — Nouman Ali Khan
If you do not have the power to compete with the best believers in good deeds, then compete with the sinners in asking for Allah’s forgiveness. — Ibn Rajab
Can the Lord forgive me? Got the spirit of a thug in me. — Tupac Shakur
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. — Robert Frost
I Am Forgiven Quotes
I am not afraid to keep on living. I am not afraid to walk this world alone. Honey if you stay you'll be forgiven, nothing you can say will set me going home. — Gerard Way
If the cross shows me that I am far worse than I had ever imagined, it also shows me that my evil has been absorbed and forgiven. If the worst thing any human can do is kill God's son, and that can be forgiven, then how can anything else not be forgiven? — Rebecca Pippert
You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched. — E. W. Howe
To insist that I am not forgiven is a kind of inverse arrogance. — Lawrence Fagg
I am not fully forgiven until I allow God to write his new dream for my life on the blackboard of my mind. .. God has a great plan to redeem society. He needs me and wants to use me. — Robert H. Schuller
I don't know of anybody including me that has not made errors in judgment, that hasn't done things I shouldn't do, that hasn't lied, that hasn't done things I am not proud of but I hope I am forgiven. — John Assaraf
As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past. — Bill Johnson
My abortion was so long ago I didn't think I needed help. I hoped God had forgiven me but I hadn't realized I didn't forgive myself. After attending this safe, nurturing group I know that I am forgiven and set free. — Barbara
I'm washed, I'm forgiven, I'm whole, and I'm healed. I'm cleansed and I'm glory bound. I am only a sojourner on the earth. — Myles Munroe
You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself. — Cheryl Strayed
You Are Forgiven Quotes
Once you experience being loved when you are unworthy, being forgiven when you did something wrong, that moves you into non-dual thinking. You move from what I call meritocracy, quid pro quo thinking, to the huge ocean of grace, where you stop counting or calculating. — Richard Rohr
Do not put off any longer confessing all your sins, for death will soon come. Give and it will be given you; forgive and you will be forgiven. . . Blessed are they who die repentant, for they shall go to the Kingdom of Heaven! — Francis of Assisi
How do you know if Allah has forgiven you? When someone sincerely asks for forgiveness, then there is no doubt they are forgiven. It is guaranteed. Never doubt if Allah forgave you. First of all be sincere and genuine, and if you meet that condition then there is no doubt. — Nouman Ali Khan
It's when things are going just right that you'd better be suspicious. There you are, fat as can be. The whole world is yours and you're the answer to the Wright brothers' prayers. You say to yourself, nothing can go wrong ... all my trespasses are forgiven. Best you not believe it. — Ernest K. Gann
If you are in Christ, you are fully and completely forgiven for all your sin-past, present and future. — Matt Chandler
I would say that if you don't believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again from the dead and by his sacrifice our sins are forgiven, you're really not in any meaningful sense a Christian. — Christopher Hitchens
You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone. — John Green
Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do what's best - As above, so below. Keep us alive with three square meals. Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil. You're in charge! — Eugene H. Peterson
All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money. — RuPaul
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. — Albert Camus
Asking For Forgiveness Quotes
I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness. — Emo Philips
It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. — Grace Hopper
Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for repentance of sin and ask for God’s forgiveness, prayer is the spiritual dynamite that obliterates the darkness and despair of a sin-soaked soul. — Franklin Graham
Few things accelerate the peace process as much as humbly admitting our own wrongdoing and asking forgiveness. — Lee Strobel
Karma means that all actions have consequences. Grace means that in a moment of atonement -taking responsibility, making amends, asking for forgiveness - all karma is burned. — Marianne Williamson
How many caskets can we witness before we see it's hard to live this life without God, so we must ask forgiveness. — Tupac Shakur
We are not on this planet to ask forgiveness of our deities. — Scott Cunningham
If you cannot find time to pray, ask for forgiveness. Ask to be cleansed of the sin of having no time to pray ...
It could be that Satan is pushing you into too much work so that you cannot take time to pray. — Corrie Ten Boom
It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others. — Horace
Forgive Yourself Quotes
Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes. — Ajahn Brahm
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work. — William Arthur Ward
Forgiveness. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter. You feel lighter. You just drop that. — Maya Angelou
Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things. — Leo Buscaglia
Your subconscious never sleeps. It is always on the job. It controls all your vital functions.
Forgive yourself and every one else before you go to sleep, and healing will take place much
more rapidly. — Joseph Murphy
Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart. — Jim Henson
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity. — Benjamin Franklin
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. — August Wilson
I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him. — C. S. Lewis
Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it. — Jill Scott
Always Forgive Quotes
People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. — Oscar Wilde
For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? — Bell Hooks
The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I'm not a spiteful man, never been. I always forgive. The final decision isn't mine, but God's. God knows what He does. — Neymar
When I was growing up, all the women in my house were using needles. I've always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair damage. It's a claim to forgiveness. It is never aggressive, it's not a pin. — Louise Bourgeois
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. — Oscar Wilde
Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing. — Brian Weiss
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. — Marianne Williamson
May a merciful God preserve me from a Christian Church in which everyone is a saint! I want to be and remain in the church and little flock of the fainthearted, the feeble and the ailing, who feel and recognize the wretchedness of their sins, who sigh and cry to God incessantly for comfort and help, who believe in the forgiveness of sins. — Martin Luther
There is someone that I love even though I don't approve of what he does. There is someone I accept though some of his thoughts and actions revolt me. There is someone I forgive though he hurts the people I love the most. That person is......me. — C. S. Lewis
When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them. — Saint John Chrysostom
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. — Jose Rizal
Since God has given me a cheerful heart, He will forgive me for serving Him cheerfully. — Joseph Haydn
Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me. — Paramahansa Yogananda
I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him. — Mark Twain
My god
how gentle you are with me
in spite of my great ignorance
and how merciful You are with me
in spite of my ugly deeds — Ibn Ata Allah
Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me. — Watchman Nee
Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me? — Oscar Wilde
You, me, and everything we do will one day be forgotten. It will be as if we never existed, even though we did. Nobody will care. Just like right now, almost nobody cares what you actually say or do with your life. And this is actually really good news: it means you can get away with a lot of stupid shit and people will forget and forgive you for it. It means that there’s absolutely no reason to not be the person that you want to be. The pain of un-inhibiting yourself will be fleeting and the reward will last a lifetime. — Mark Manson
My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever. — Della Reese
To Harald, may God forgive you and forgive me, too, but I prefer to take my life away and our baby's before I bring him with shame or killing him, Lupe. [Suicide note.] — Lupe Velez
Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love. — Gary Chapman
I had to learn to forgive myself, not to judge, but to learn from the past. They showed me how vital it is to accept, be truthful, and love myself. So I could do the same with others. — Marlo Morgan
I knew that my heart and mind would always be tempted to feel anger--to find blame and hate. But I resolved that when the negative feelings came upon me, I wouldn't wait for them to grow or fester. I would always turn immediately to the Source of all true power: I would turn to God and let His love and forgiveness protect and save me. — Immaculee Ilibagiza
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