Quotes About Forgiveness

Kumazawa:—"When others blame thee, blame them not; when others are angry at thee, return not anger. Joy cometh only as Passion and Desire part.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Jei ?žeidžiau jus, J?s? Šviesybe, vadinasi, nusipeln?te kiekvieno priekaišto.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~ Buddha

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured." ? Mark Twain

There's living. And there's living in the past. I just really want to live. What good would it do for me to spend my time dwelling on something I can't change?

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

But a week later she knew she had. And so she told herself it didn't matter, that she'd been foolish to think anything would come of it. The sooner she stopped thinking about him, the better off she'd be.

If you judge people you have no time to love them. – Mother Teresa

Blame, I guess, is a heavy burden to indulge. Forgiving my father doesn't make me miss my mother any less, or change the fact that I long to have her in my life now, for selfish reasons, I admit. Maybe that's the hardest thing to accept about being an adult. The fact that things happen to us in this world that we simply have no control over. Or any ability to change the outcome of.

Für mich hat jeder Mensch das Recht, sich zu verändern, und wenn jemand dabei ein wertvolles Mitglied einer Gesellschaft wird, dann soll er auch die damit verbundenen Chancen bekommen, sofern er sich klar von Vergehen distanziert und dafür gezahlt oder gebüßt hat. Ich habe jetzt acht harte Jahre hinter mir, mit allem, was man sich vorstellen kann, mit Bombendrohungen und Gerichtsverhandlungen, und denke schon, dass ich inzwischen einen Beitrag für diese Gesellschaft leiste.

I am alone. I am here. No one is watching me. In these hours of silence that I cherish, I talk to myself and reflect. That past, entrenched in time, motionless and infinite, has vanished onto thin air. None of it remains. Why, therefore, am I hurting so much? Why did I bring back with me this nameless pain? I followed the path I set for myself, and I have forgiven. I do not want to be chained to hatred or resentment. I want to have the right to live in peace.

I already knew that I had the ability to free myself from hatred, and I viewed this as my most significant conquest.

intentions. If our intentions are good and we are willing to ask for and offer forgiveness and express gratitude and loving feelings for another person, we usually feel better for having made the effort. Sometimes that needs to be enough. If the other person responds warmly, that's great. But, in matters of this sort, there is intrinsic value in making a good-faith effort. He said that all of this made sense and he would give it some thought.

Forgive the dreamer Forgive the dream

God doesn't forgive because we're worthy, but because he love us. And no sin is too great to be absolved--if contrition is sincere. It all begins with an earnest "I'm sorry

If God was willing to give people a second chance, why should we do any less?

Forget the past. Forgive as God forgave. Forge a new future. It was the man Steven was today that mattered. And that man was worth trusting--and loving.

That not everyone gets a second change at love. That it's a gift-and refusing to accept it is like throwing that gift back in the Almighty's face.

Love isn't easy, it is? That's because we're all different. We don't fit together as cleanly as the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes there are gaps. Rough edges. Holes. The finished product when we come together isn't always perfect. But as we're reminded in Corinthians, a love that keeps no record of wrongs...that perseveres...never fails.

God wouldn't be interested in the likes of him.

Forgive me, Lord, for being afraid of people who are different than me. Help me find the courage to do what the good Samaritan did that day on the roadside. Give me grace and compassion to overcome my narrow-mindedness and bigotry. Help me drive out any feelings of superiority. Let me see everyone as an equal and a worthy brother and sister—and act accordingly.

Life is too short,I wonder how people hate

Saying I love you and forgiving each other without holding grudges are very powerful ways of doing spiritual warfare. Without saying it, you are declaring, "Satan, you can't have my marriage!" The enemy of your soul desires that you be constantly involved in contentions.