Quotes About Forgiveness

We get only one life. We shouldn't waste a day of it in anger.

His resiliency was not the resiliency of the dumb but of a lamb who can remember hurt but cannot sustain the anger or the bitterness that brittles the heart.

she sees through you and knows your truest heart, but loves you anyway, [...]

Even bad guys," Roy said patiently, "deserve compassion. This man has suffered. You can see that. I need to get my hands on him, yes, and be sure that society's safe from him—but he still deserves to be treated with compassion, with as much mercy as possible.

May the judgment not be too heavy upon us.

is not an active tormentor but a passive observer in the home, her child has a third option. He can choose to grant her mercy without pardon, and find compassion for her in recognition that her stunted emotional development denies her the fullest enjoyment of life.

but nothing can be taken back, not the leaves by the trees, the rain by the clouds. You want to take back the ugly thing you said, but some shrapnel remains in the wound, some mud.

We are only as sick as our secrets.

We all make mistakes. The key is learning from those mistakes and not repeating them.

forgiveness isn't a gift we give the offender. It's something we do for ourselves.

The thing I've learned - and trust me, I'm no expert- is that forgiveness isn't a gift we give the offender. It's something we do for ourselves

Don't cling to the past. Look instead to the future. You have a husband who adores you and children waiting to be born. Your life is just beginning. So much love awaits you, more joy than you can possibly imagine now. Your pain shall reap an abundant harvest of life's treasures. Trust me in this.

I could have walked out at any time. I'm the one who turned a bind eye. I'm the one who chose to die a little with every one of his affairs, so no, bottom line: I choose not to hate him, If I have any anger, its directed at myself. I don't know why I waited so long to take care of myself emotionally and spiritually.

Forgiveness is hard, and most people tend to hold on to their hurts, to take some kind of perverse satisfaction in them.

You can't bring back the past," he said. The words were filled with regret. "No," she agreed softly, "you can't. Today, this minute. Now is all that matters.

I wondered if he thought of me or if he'd put me out of his heart as effectively as he'd put me out of his life.

John F. Kennedy is reported to have said that we can forgive our enemies but we shouldn't forget their names.

He said He would forgive us when we ask. If it's peace of mind you're seeking, it's available." "In church." "No." She pressed her hand over his heart. "You won't find what you're seeking in any building.

Funny how time scrubs away such agony, weathering it through the years, like water rushing over rocks gradually smooths away the sharp, painful edges.

when we fail to be kind and loving, then we fail to be wise.

Let go in order to receive. This one came from Leanne, who felt it was important that we not get caught up in a quagmire of resentment and bitterness.

She'd allowed her sister to steal her joy.

A good marriage is good because one or both of them have learned to overlook the other's faults, to love the other as they are and to not attempt to change them or bring them to repentance.

Letting go is the hardest part... but you have to look at it through their eyes and realize the pain you caused them is that same pain you feel now.