Quotes About Forgiveness

People who have lost relationships often wonder why they can't just let it be water under the bridge. It is water under the bridge - the trouble is we do not live on the bridge but in the river of life with its many twists and turns.

Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time.

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything before you go to bed.

Compassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life.

In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

Make peace with past so that it does not spoil your present. Live life for what tomorrow has to offer. Not for what yesterday has taken away.

Life is too short to spend at war with others. Practice acceptance and forgiveness. Don't let dumb little things break your happiness.

Keep those 'true' people in your life, let go of those who are judgmental, jealous, hold grudges and who don't accept you for who you are! Life is too short!

Too often we don't realize what we have until its gone, too often we wait too long to say I'm sorry, I was wrong.

Stop focusing on how stressed you are and remember how blessed you are. Complaining won't change the outcome, but a positive attitude will. Life is too short to spend at war with yourself. Practice acceptance and forgiveness. Don't let dumb little things break your happiness.

When people hurt you, forgive them. When people spread rumors about you, don't dwell too much on it. And when life gives you circumstances that seem too hard to get through, find another way. Life is too short to be anything but happy.

You only get one life. Live it to the fullest. All your miseries will be forgiven when you're dead.

Life is too short to live in anger all the time. Forgive the ones who hurt you, and be a better person cause you have no clue what they go through everyday.

Everything can change in the blink of an eye. So forgive often & love WITH all your heart. You never know when you may not have that chance again.

Life's too short to start your day with broken pieces of yesterday, it will definitely destroy your wonderful today and ruin your great tomorrow...

Laugh your heart out, dance in the rain, cherish the moment, live, laugh love, forgive and forget, life is temporary to live with regrets.

Life is too short to be sad all the time, so laugh everyday, smile when you want to cry, love the ones that care for you, forget the ones that don't, hang out with friends whenever possible, regret nothing because at one time it was everything you wanted, never backstab someone cause they will backstab you back, and just live life to the fullest because you only get one life.

I guess the real fact of the matter is, we dont know what tomorrow is going to bring and the only thing we really have is right now. So, dont stay angry for too long and learn to forgive. Love your friends and family with all your heart. Have fun and live your life the way you want to live it. Most of all, dont worry about people that dont like you and enjoy the ones who do.