Quotes About Redemption

The past can be escaped only by embracing something better.

Dawson, she knew, had saved Alan's life- but in the end, he'd saved Jared's as well. And for her that meant...everything. 'I gave you the best of me,' he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd done exactly that.

Everyone has crap in their background, everyone has things they wish they could undo. But most people don't go around doing their best to screw up their present lives because of it.

By the time she got back to work, the only thing Gabby knew for certain was that as forgiving as he'd been, she'd never live down what she'd done, and since there wasn't a rock large enough to crawl under, it was in her best interest to find a way to avoid him.

You need to learn how to forgive. Ronnie was angery at herself for pushing everyone that loved her away. the theme of this book is to let everyone have a second chance. as Ronnie had learnt this by the end of the story and forgave herself and others including her father and Will.

Jamie no fue solo el ángel que salvó a Tom Thornton, sino que también fue el ángel que nos salvó a todos.

Even when you've made mistakes in life, you can still contribute and pick up the stuff and move on.

Why should you have to atone for making big movies?

I want to be a good person. I don't want to fail. I want to learn from my mistakes, rid myself of distractions, and run into the arms of Jesus. Most of the time, however, I feel like I am running away from Jesus into the arms of my own clutteredness.

Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.

The Lord saved my soul.

Rock'n'roll saved my soul.

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.

Christ was liberated on the cross through spiritual centers located where the nails are said to have been driven, and elsewhere.

The saving love of God is his doing whatever must be done, at great cost to himself, and for the least deserving, so that he might enthrall them with what will make them supremely happy forever, namely, himself.

Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something.

Feelings of shame like that cannot coexist with the fact that God made us in His image.

You broke the bonds and you loosed the chains, carried the cross, all my shame, all my shame, you know I believe it.

And now, it's too late, and I will never stop grieving that. But I'm on the path, Asajj. You bought my chance with blood, and I won't waste it, I swear I won't. Every day, every minute of my life, I'll live it. For me, and for you. I'll fight, because you can't, and I'll laugh, and I'll do everything I possibly can with everything I have in me to make things better, because this galaxy has seen too much of darkness.

And you will forgive me too, one day, Asajj Ventress." He hesitated, and took a breath. "That's what you do for…for the one you love.

Please come. I know my William is there somewhere, buried beneath the mountain of anger and disgust. My son is still there, but only lost. Please help me find him.

God often gave us the very things from which to recover that we would be the most horrified to have.

He was desperate for her to see inside, to look past all the layers of darkness and find that part of him she'd touched. The part that needed her to save him.

He wasn't a hero. He wasn't the man who stepped forward and saved the innocent. He was lost himself. Shadows had invaded a long time ago and stolen his life. But he would give anything he had left to be the man who found a way to save Judith