Billy Graham Quotes

Forgiveness allows us to live in the sunlight of the present, not the darkness of the past. Forgiveness alone, of all our human actions, opens up the world to the miracle of infinite possibility.

To be born again is to let the past go, and look without condemnation upon the present.

Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles.

There is hope in forgiveness

Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid.

Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. ... I know what regret feels like; I've earned my credentials. But I also know what forgiveness feels like, because God has so graciously forgiven me.

There is power in forgiveness.

Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the miracle of transformation happens not only within but also without.

When true forgiveness happens it is one of the most astonishing and liberating of the human experience.

Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . .

Having looked the past in the eye, having asked for forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past—not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us.

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.

Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?

Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.

Forgiveness provides hope, joy, and a bright future that nothing else can.

A-tone-ment-its a chance to fix the unfixable and to start all over again. It begins when you forgive yourself for all you've done wrong, and forgive others for all they've done to you. Your mistakes aren't mistakes anymore, they're just things that make you stronger.

When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.

I don't have to hate any person because I can always start anew, I can always reconcile.

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.

It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable. Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release.

Forgiveness is a gift to yourself. It frees you from the past, past experiences, and past relationships. It allows you to live in the present time. When you forgive yourself and forgive others, you are indeed free.