Quotes About Forgiveness

If by chance I talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.

I'm the kind of father I wanted my father to be. That may be the sweetest revenge.

But my father, a thief in many ways, had robbed me of my concentration.

I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.

In contrast to how my father treated me, I won't hit him, I won't call him evil, I'll give him affection, and I'll pay attention to him.

I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.

I would like to understand my father.

Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheimer's with my words, my apology, hoping that in his heart he heard me and understood.

I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving relationship, and remembered our mother at those times.

I know I should feel anger at my father for certain things. But since he died when I was 11, I never got to that point.

The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child.

When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence.

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.

You need not fear the greatness or number of your sins.

We cannot love when we feel fear. When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all.

if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.

If you are not afriad, thereis no way you will get mad at me. If you are not afraid, there is no way you will hate me. If you are not afraid, there is no way you will be jealous or sad.

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.

Healing is bringing mercy and Awareness into that which we have held in judgment and fear.

We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam".

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Now I know it's because somewhere in my mind, I still harboured hatred and fear for that man, so it was just easier to erect the brick wall and never look back.

Don't let what happened to you minutes ago, days ago, or years ago to hold you back from being the best you that you can possibly in each minute that you have breath.

Each day you spend holding onto the past keeps you from grabbing a hold of the future.