Top 52 Quotes About Asking Forgiveness
#1. Asking forgiveness is not ALWAYS an admission of cowardice and of sin, It is to show that having inner peace is far more important than pride especially if they think that you have wronged them in any way.
The Eldest
#2. Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
Seth Godin
#3. As I helped him up, I felt him shake all over, so I asked him to forgive me, without knowing what for, but that was my lot, asking forgiveness, I even asked forgiveness of myself for being what I was, what it was my nature to be.
Bohumil Hrabal
#4. Let us go back to the Lord. The Lord never tires of forgiving: never! It is we who tire of asking his forgiveness. Let us ask for the grace not to tire of asking forgiveness, because he never tires of forgiving.
Pope Francis
#5. Few things accelerate the peace process as much as humbly admitting our own wrongdoing and asking forgiveness.
Lee Strobel
#6. A policy of moving out and doing it, and asking forgiveness afterward, is much better than a policy of asking permission and having it denied.
Richard Preston
#7. Asking forgiveness involves giving power to the person you're seeking forgiveness from.
Donald Miller
#8. If any dust of imperfection cling to your heart, be not troubled, but consume it immediately in the fire of divine love, and, sorrowfully asking forgiveness, continue to live in peace.
Paul Of The Cross
#9. 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
#10. Forgiveness before one's death, isn't just about asking and receiving it, it's also about forgiving others.
Neha Yazmin
#11. The Lord never gets tired of forgiving. "Never," Francis said. "We are the ones who get tired of asking him for forgiveness.
John L. Allen Jr.
#12. Let's not forget that God never gets tired of forgiving so let's never get tired of asking for forgiveness,
Pope Francis
#13. I think real forgiveness is a gift someone has to earn, and I don't even have to worry about Kalona asking for my forgiveness unless he's worthy of even considering it, and I just don't see that happening.
P.C. Cast
#14. None of us deserve God's forgiveness. The Bible says to forgive because God forgave us. It doesn't say anything about deserving it or even asking for it.
Liz Tolsma
#15. Don't ask permission, just ask forgiveness.
Drake
#16. But an apology too - you think you're giving something, but you're not. You're really asking for something. You're asking for forgiveness, you're asking for the other injured person to make it okay for you. Apologies were harder work for the person getting one than the person giving one.
Deb Caletti
#17. The key was stealthily leveraging and launching, then asking for forgiveness,
Jacquie McNish
#18. There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness
Pope Francis
#19. I can't be forgiven so I am not asking you for forgiveness. We lost each other, and we will never find each other again.
Antonia Michaelis
#20. We are not on this planet to ask forgiveness of our deities.
Scott Cunningham
#21. Do not forget this: the Lord never wearies of forgiving! We are the ones who weary of asking for forgiveness.
Pope Francis
#22. Before asking God's forgiveness there is something important you must do. You must repent, that is, turn from the behavior and lifestyle that [leads to sin].
Billy Graham
#23. There are two kinds of sorry. There is the sorry imbued with regret. And a pure sorry. The kind that is merely asking for forgiveness, nothing more.
Emily Giffin
#24. The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness.
Pope Francis
#25. View your life with KINDSIGHT. Stop beating yourself up about things from your past. Instead of slapping your forehead and asking, "What was I thinking," breathe and ask yourself the kinder question, "What was I learning?
Karen Salmansohn
#26. The one whose 'alochana (confession of mistakes), pratikraman (asking for forgiveness) and pratyakhyan (avowal to never repeat the mistake)' are true (done correctly), he is bound to attain the knowledge of the Self (attain self realization).
Dada Bhagwan
#27. Prayer is a way of asking for something. It is the medium of miracles. But the only meaningful prayer is for forgiveness, because those who have been forgiven have everything.
Foundation For Inner Peace
#28. The act of extending forgiveness and asking for forgiveness must come from our heart.
Sara Dormon
#29. I may not give you the forgiveness you're asking, but i'm giving you forever to make me forgive you.
JCrov
#30. Between asking permission and begging forgiveness, I lean toward the latter.
Becca Fitzpatrick
#31. In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus assumes that asking for forgiveness would be a daily occurrence, as would praying that we might be delivered from evil and led not into temptation.
Kevin DeYoung
#32. The word 'confession,' to me, means needing to be absolved. I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm not asking people to understand. I'd like to think that I tell stories and sometimes my life weaves through it.
Tori Amos
#33. I'm not asking for your forgiveness. I have done no wrong according to my kind. I never meant to turn you. I just wanted to have a little fun with you before they took you away.
Melika Dannese Lux
#34. But the trouble is that what we call "asking God's forgiveness" very often really consists in asking God to accept our excuses.
C.S. Lewis
#35. Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.
Nick Nolte
#36. You must ask for God's help. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#37. I define myself by helping others. This is what I do.
Those people who want me to abandon my husband are asking me to put myself first and to judge him. The poor man has been judged unfairly by others. Why would I abandon him in his greatest need?
Deirdre-Elizabeth Parker
#38. If we learn to say we're sorry and ask forgiveness, the marriage will last.
Pope Francis
#39. Ask forgiveness, not permission. But make sure you bring your results with you.
Amy Jo Martin
#41. You can't legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth.
Athol Fugard
#42. Asking for forgiveness from others in a scriptural manner involves acknowledging that you have sinned against them and that you desire mercy and pardon (not to be given what you deserve). Asking for forgiveness is vital for reconciliation and may lead to the difference in the relationship.
John C. Broger
#43. I find that when I think I am asking God to forgive me I am often in reality ... asking Him not to forgive me but to excuse me.
C.S. Lewis
#44. Whether they are accepted or not isn't important. What is important is the act of apologizing, the act of admitting fault, the act of asking for forgiveness.
James Frey
#45. Healing begins when we humble ourselves and go to one another asking for forgiveness.
Susan Alexander Yates
#46. Some people live life asking for forgiveness instead of permission.
Alecia Whitaker
#47. 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
#48. Just remember, someday you might be asking for forgiveness. And if that day were to come, you would want it, wouldn't you?
Michele L. Rivera
#49. 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
#50. Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
Elbert Hubbard
#51. I remember asking everyone else in my life for forgiveness, but I realize I never asked myself.
A.S. King
#52. Can you forgive her? Can you do that?
There was no response.
Because if you can start to forgive, then it will become easier.
And?
And then you will be able to forgive yourself - and ask others to forgive you.
Alexander McCall Smith
