Quotes About Forgiveness

If Kaleb Krychek had been able to bond with another human being...perhaps Aden has sold his Arrows short. Perhaps salvation could come for even the most broken among them

He's a sick old man who's lost everything and everyone. You have a huge heart, Gabriel—find room in it to be kind.

Tazia sobbed. "I thought you were angry with me." "I was—but you are my sister." A crushing squeeze. "I will always protect you.

I seduce you into forgiving me.

He has little use for scholars, but you are his sole grandchild, and as such, he is willing to overlook your failings as long as you conduct yourself as a princess of the court during your time of service. Do not disappoint him, Andromeda. Your grandfather's mercy is not endless.

Abe wanted to grab on to that hope, use it to feed his hunger to fix the worst mistake of his life, but he knew the hope didn't belong to him. Sarah had told him to go. He had no right to challenge her decision, to fight to be allowed back in. He'd given up that right the day he'd lied to protect himself. The day he'd told her he didn't love her.

You have a huge heart, find room in it to be kind.

We don't choose our parents. And their mistakes aren't our own. You are what you make yourself—don't ever forget that.

Perhaps this Beauty might just be willing to love her Beast.

How can I be angry with the other half of my soul?" he asked, his tone so tender it tore little pieces out of her heart.

Her heart was tender. She probably felt shame for a transgression others would've long forgotten.

For by grace you have been saved . . . —Ephesians 2:8

It often has been said that unforgiveness is like you drinking poison but expecting the other person to die.

He refuses to let bitterness poison his heart. He chooses instead to believe in the healing power of love.

No wonder Mama went away in her head when Clover passed on. And then Papa. I am going to visit my Mama tomorrow and tell her I am sorry for everything I ever did that caused her sorrow or worry, and for ever wishing, during those days, that she would come back. She probably wanted to stay there. It's a wonder she came back at all. If I knew how to make myself go away in my head, I declare I would.

I asked Mama was it a sin to do what I done, and she said no, it was the same as David slaying Goliath, it was only to save Ulyssa and the others, not because of meanness that I did it. I would do it again, too. I am not sorry, but this has hurt my heart and spirit more than all the other trials, for being forsaken is worse than being killed.

You cannot apologize for my feelings. You may apologize for your actions

I can see being angry with folks. Shoot, I'd about hang Chess on the laundry line any day of the week, but I don't shun him. Shunning's no way to get over and done with your fussing. It just drives in a sword that won't come out unless the person holding it pulls first.

People's souls are like gardens. You can't turn your back on someone because his garden's full of weeds. You have to give him water and lots of sunshine.

A little extra forgiveness never hurts," said Matt, quoting one of Celia's favorite sayings.

there we were sitting moodily on a cold bench saying "I'm sorry" to each other for things we couldn't help.

In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version of the lesson to himself. "Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.

We find hope in the ancestry of Jesus that no matter what we've done or where we come from, we too can be included in Jesus' family. Jesus does not look for people who are perfect and have never failed or made mistakes to be in his family. Instead, he is drawn toward people who recognize their failures and see their need for him.