Nancy Farmer Quotes

I believe in forgiveness.

The only unforgivable sin: Being unforgiving.

Let us be very gentle with our neighbors' failings, and forgive our friends their debts as we hope ourselves to be forgiven.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.

Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.

You don't have to be a believer in Jesus Christ to be a gracious individual and understand that everybody messes up and that most are looking for a second chance.

I could forgive anybody.

To err is human, to forgive supine.

Forgiveness should go hand-in-hand with love.

Grace comes to forgive and then forgive again.

Lasting love extends grace. No relationship will make it without grace. The Bible tells us that this is part of love. You're not going to have a relationship unless you have forgiveness, mercy, patience, acceptance, grace. You've got to cut people some slack.

You think I should be as forgiving as you are? We can’t all be saints and martyrs.

Most women got this thing called compassion. It doesn't make them foolish, just more forgiving. More capable of trying and hoping things worked out.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

When we believe the best of people, we let go of each thing they do that is hurtful to us. And we choose to think things like, 'I don't believe they meant to hurt me.' 'Maybe they're having a bad day or don't feel well.' 'They probably don't even realize how they sound.'

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

I think we're moving toward moments of grace and understanding. And I think these things take time.

All cruelty springs from weakness.