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Quick Quotes on Forgiveness
 "I know of no more beautiful story in all of literature
than that told by the Master as recorded in the fifteenth chapter of Luke.
It is the story of a greedy son who demanded his inheritance, which he
wasted until none was left. Penitent, he returned to his father, and his
father, seeing him afar off, ran to him and embraced him and fell upon his
neck and kissed him."
-Gordon B. Hinckley, "What God Hath Joined Together," Ensign, May 1991, 72
"Knowledge of truth,
combined with proper regard for it, and its faithful observance, constitutes
true education. The mere stuffing of the mind with a knowledge of facts is not
education. The mind must not only possess a knowledge of truth, but the soul
must revere it, cherish it, love it as a priceless gem." -Joseph F. Smith,
Gospel Doctrine (1986), 269
"The discouraging idea that a mistake (or even a
series of them) makes it everlastingly too late does not come from the Lord. He
has said that if we will repent, not only will He forgive us our transgressions,
but He will forget them and remember our sins no more (see Isa. 43:25; Heb.
8:12; 10:17; Alma 36:19; D&C 58:42). Repentance is like soap; it can wash sin
away. Ground-in dirt may take the strong detergent of discipline to get the
stains out, but out they will come." -Boyd K. Packer, "A Few Simple
Lessons," New Era, Aug. 2002, 8.
"If we are to further strengthen the inner person,
the inner self must be purged and cleansed of transgression.
Companionship with evil causes our whole being to die spiritually."
-James E. Faust, November 2003 Ensign
"I
believe that in his justice and mercy [God] will give us the maximum
reward for our acts, give us all that he can give, and in the reverse, I
believe that he will impose upon us the minimum penalty which it is
possible for him to impose." -J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Conference Report,
October 1953, p. 84
“We cannot repent for someone else.
But we can forgive someone else,
refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free!”
-Elder Neal A. Maxwell , “Repentance,” Ensign, Nov. 1991, 32.
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