Quotes About Acceptance

I cook every chance in my pot. And only when it is cooked through do I welcome it as my food.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.

The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.

Even to this day, grace remains hard to swallow. Religiosity and moralism go down easier than free forgiveness.

Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

Self-forgiveness is essential to self-healing.

Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick.

To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.

Forgive and be free. Forget that you have forgiven and be freer.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

The only unforgivable sin: Being unforgiving.

When I talk about forgiveness, I mean letting go, not excusing the other person or reconciling with them or condoning the behavior. Just letting go of your own suffering.

You have been forgiven, so act like it!

We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do-we do it all the time.

If you can't forgive and forget, pick one.

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.

Reject hatred without hating.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.

I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.

People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.