Forgiveness quotes

“This is a bad time, show us the way. And if you can't show us the way, then forgive us for being lost.”

Omar Gooding - Sweetpea

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“Confession cleans the sinner's soul, it doesn't help the victim. Our whole church is in need of forgiveness. Where is our humility? Sin is a wound, not a stain. It needs to be treated, healed. Forgiveness is not enough.”
Jonathan Pryce - Pope Francis

“Atlanteans are many wonderful things, but forgiving is not one of them.”
Amber Heard - Mera

“No matter how much she damaged me, no matter how flawed she is. I know my mother loves me.”
Alison Lohman - Astrid Magnussen

“- Elderly Man: In the church, they say to forgive.
- John W. Creasy: Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting.”
Enrique Cimet - Elderly Man
Denzel Washington - John W. Creasy

“Best beauty tip is forgiveness for yourself and others.”
Jacqueline Bisset

“- Catherine: I'm not like you, Philip. I'm not one of those people that's only good on the phone. In person you just blame everybody. You made a mistake at the office, you gave out the address! Did I blame you? No! I blamed the Santa Anas! I don't even know what the Santa Anas are!
- Philip: They're the dry winds that blow in from the...
-...” (continue)(continue reading)
Rita Wilson - Catherine
Steve Martin - Philip

Look. The bloke's been my best mate since 1975. We've had our fallouts from time to time, it's no big deal. You know, it's like... if your mum stabs you, what would you do? You don't get upset. You don't get angry, you go "Shit, mum's stabbed me, I better get off to the hospital”.
Eric Bana - Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read

“It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.”
Lana Turner

“Good people end up in hell because they can't forgive themselves.”
Robin Williams - Chris Nielsen

“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.”
Peter Alexander Ustinov

“You want forgiveness? Get religion.”

Tobey Maguire - Peter Parker

“Everyone who loses somebody wants revenge on someone, on God if they can't find anyone else. But in Africa, in Matobo, the Ku believe that the only way to end grief is to save a life. If someone is murdered, a year of mourning ends with a ritual that we call the Drowning Man Trial. There's an all-night party beside a river. At dawn, the killer...” (continue)(continue reading)
Nicole Kidman - Silvia Broome

“- Shelly Barnes: Can you ever forgive me?
- Jack Gramm: If I can't forgive you Shelly, I don't deserve you.”
Amy Brenneman - Shelly Barnes
Al Pacino - Jack Gramm

I made an “I’m sorry I shot paint on your chicken” card.
Mason Gamble - Dennis Mitchell

“When somebody hurts you they take power over you, if you don't forgive them, then they keeps the power.”
Cicely Tyson - Myrtle

“- Hillary: I don't even remember what it was I was mad about and I don't care. Whatever it was that you did, I forgive you.
- CC Bloom: What I did? You and your lousy letters. Just to get one of them made me special even before I opened it. All your crappy stories, all your big dreams.
- Hillary: I didn't know that.
- CC Bloom: Well, what the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Barbara Hershey - Hillary Whitney Essex
Bette Midler - CC Bloom

“- Det. Roland Castlebeck: Here I am smack dab in the middle of a moral dilemma, Randall. You've ripped this city to shreds with that little escapade of yours, you and your Eleanor. But I understand what brought you back here. A brother's love is... a brother's love.
[pause]
- Det. Roland Castlebeck: You just saved my life, didn't you? So what...” (continue)(continue reading)

Delroy Lindo - Det. Roland Castlebeck
Nicolas Cage - Memphis Reines

“Your sins are terrible. It is just that you suffer. Your life could be redeemed, but I know you don't believe that. You will not change.”

Raf Vallone - Cardinal Lamberto

“Always forgive your enemies. Just don't forget their names.”
David O. Selznick

“Forgive them, Father. They know not what they do.”
Jim Caviezel - Jesus

“I forgive you because I don't want to remain angry.”
Dame Judi Dench - Philomena Lee

“It’s better to die than to live in the knowledge that you’ve done something that needs forgiveness.”
Jeremy Crawford - Yarpen Zigrin

“If I send him on this mission he might never come home. If I don’t send him, he’ll never forgive me.”
Tom Cruise - Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell