Redemption is the beautiful act of saving or being saved from error, sin, or evil. Redemption is a key part of life, religion, and spirituality. It’s also a common theme in books, movies, and art. Redemption can described as the act of achieving salvation through forgiveness. It can also be used to describe the action of gaining possession of something in exchange for payment or clearing a debt. Though redemption generally means the clearing of a debt or regaining what is lost, its spiritual meaning is much more important. Christianity teaches redemption of the soul is achieved only through Christ, and after repentance, thus clearing the debts of sin.
Some of the best redemption quotes are listed below.
- “A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.” – George R.R. Martin
- “A second chance doesn’t mean anything if you didn’t learn from your first.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
- “Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.” – Oscar Wilde
- “And by the power of your love, they will break down under the load. That’s love, you see. It is redemptive…” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “And while some healing does happen, it isn’t a healing of redemption or epiphany. It’s more like the slow absorption of a bruise.” – Joan Wickersham
- “Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.” – Clive Barker
- “At the cross, God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.” – E. Stanley Jones
- “Because this is what I believe – that second chances are stronger than secrets.” – Daisy Whitney
- “Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.” – Emma Goldman
- “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” – John Wooden
- “Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.” – Bryan Stevenson
- “Every moment of your life is a second chance.” – Rick Price
- “Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly.” – Shaquille O’Neal
- “Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.” – William Arthur Ward
- “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” – Mark Twain
- “Forgiveness liberates the victim. It’s a gift you give yourself.” – T. D. Jakes
- “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” – Desmond Tutu
- “God answers prayer on the ground of Redemption and on no other ground.” – Oswald Chambers
- “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
- “Having a second chance makes you want to work even harder.” – Tia Mowry
- “He is fallen, and his cure is beyond us; but I would still spare him, in the hope that he may find it.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
- “Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.” – Tennessee Williams
- “How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.” – Publilius Syrus
- “I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.” – Adlai Stevenson II
- “I believe redemption is something you can strive for but never fully achieve.” – K.A. Tucker
- “I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos.” – Brendan Fraser
- “I know eternal life He gives, from sin and sorrow free.” – Fred A. Filmore
- “I wish I would have known this sooner. I wish I could have seen the entire redemptive, narrative arc of the Bible.” – Brant Hansen
- “If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won’t need a third.” – Pete Rose
- “If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you’ve got to go all the way.” – Lance Armstrong
- “In case you never get a second chance: don’t be afraid! And what if you do get a second chance? You take it!” – C. JoyBell C
- “In the long run, the power of kindness can redeem beyond the power of force to destroy.” – John A. MacAulay
- “It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.” – Aung San Suu Kyi
- “It is not true that everyone is special. It is true that everyone was once special and still possesses the ability to recover it.” – Criss Jami
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “Language is conceived in sin and science is its redemption.” – Willard Van Orman Quine
- “Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.” – Jim Valvano
- “No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light.” – Robert Jordan
- “No matter how far wrong you’ve gone, you can always turn around.” – Unknown
- “People find meaning and redemption in the most unusual human connections.” – Khaled Hosseini
- “People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.” – Audrey Hepburn
- “Redemption can be found in hell itself if that’s where you happen to be.” – Lin Jensen
- “Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.” – Tom Petty
- “Redemption from sin is greater than redemption from affliction.” – Daniel Defoe
- “Redemption is a magnificent thing… the life of God in the soul of man.” – Leonard Ravenhill
- “Redemption is invented by the sinner.” – Lawrence Hill
- “Redemption is never where you expect to find it.” – Sherrilyn Kenyon
- “Redemption is not perfection. The redeemed must realize their imperfections.” – John Piper
- “Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.” – Greg Boyle
- “Redemption is prior to righteousness. You cannot be righteous until you are first redeemed.” – Ravi Zacharias
- “Redemption is promised at the low price of surrender of your critical faculties.” – Christopher Hitchens
- “Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.” – Ice T
- “Redemption sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will.” – Dawn Richard
- “Second chances do come your way. Like trains, they arrive and depart regularly. Recognizing the ones that matter is the trick.” – Jill A. Davis
- “Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance.” – Richard Von Weizsaecker
- “Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.” – Lou Brock
- “The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.” – Saint Ambrose
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “The goal of the Redemption is the redemption of truth.” – Vilna Gaon
- “The greatest comfort in life is Christ on the move for our redemption timelessly!” – Evinda Lepins
- “The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.” – Patti Smith
- “The only cure for suffering is to face it head-on, grasp it around the neck, and use it.” – Brennan Manning
- “The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.” – Bertrand Russell
- “The power that is to redeem him must be a power working within, not without.” – Lyman Abbott
- “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” – Bryant H. McGill
- “There’s no need to talk about it because the truth of what one says lies in what one does.” – Bernhard Schlink
- “To be in Christ – that is redemption; but for Christ to be in you – that is sanctification!” – Major W. Ian Thomas
- “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” – Lewis B. Smedes
- “True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption.” – Bell Hooks
- “True redemption is seized when you accept the future consequences for your past mistakes.” – Eduardo Macedo
- “Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first must help the other.” – Vera Nazarian
- “We all deserve second chances, but not for the same mistake.” – Thabiso Owethu Xabanisa
- “We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves.” – Martin Buber
- “We seek redemption, yet, we don’t seek forgiveness.” – Anthony T. Hincks
- “When it comes to God, We can’t run out of second chances… only time.” – Robin Jones Gunn
- “Whom man kills God restores to life; whom the brothers pursue the Father redeems.” – Victor Hugo
