Quotes About Forgiveness

Kaikki häpeävät petturuutta, petturitkin. Siksi he tahtovat varmistaa, että kukaan ei muista.

I want to grow a flower for every time someone tells me F*** you." Then I'll go back to that person and pin the flower on their lapel in a gesture of friendship. And while they are looking down on it in astonishment, I'll bunch up my knuckles and punch them in the face.

Love means never having to say you're sorry for a minor stab wound.

I didn't like the people who just wanted to hear about the terrible things that had happened to me. But the friends who wanted to bask in my fondest memories of the Prockses made me feel special, inviting me into my own sense of knowing a right from a wrong.

How would you feel about the apology if you were on the other end? If someone said those words to you, would you believe them? Keep

I'm grateful to the judge who sent me to rehab instead of prison.

Will I be able to spare my heart while dissecting memories of the past?

Maybe—like what the guard said at the gate of the Sun Street—I should not pry open the bleeding wounds of the past. Maybe I should just try to keep my good old memories.

Holding on to offenses emotionally incarcerates us, but forgiveness is a key that liberates.

Odiar a alguien es como beberte un vaso de veneno creyendo que así vas a matar a quien odias.

We forget what we say much more than what we hear, what we write much more than what we read, what we send much more than what we receive, that is why we barely count the insults we hand out to others, unlike those dealt out to us, which is why almost everyone harbors some grudge against someone.

No puede andar escuchando las historias con que le viene cualquiera ni hacer de juez universal. No puede dedicarse a castigar, ni siquiera con su actitud, o retirando la amistad, a quien tal vez haya hecho algo malo en alguna ocasión. No acabaríamos

Uno olvida el daño que causa infinitamente más que el que se le inflige, uno olvida cuanto dice y hace y escribe, rara vez lo que oye y lee y padece.

olvidamos lo que decimos mucho más que lo que escuchamos, lo que escribimos mucho más que lo que leemos, lo que enviamos mucho más que lo que nos alcanza, por eso no contamos apenas con las ofensas que infligimos y sí en cambio con las que sufrimos, y por eso casi todo el mundo le tiene alguna guardada a alguien.

Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, y caiga tu espada sin filo: desespera y muere.

Blame Is About Judging, and Looks Backward

At heart, blame is about judging and contribution is about understanding.

What you want the other person to say isn't "It was my fault," but rather "I understand that I hurt you and I'm sorry." The first statement is about judgment, the second about understanding.

Without Christ, we're in Satan's grip. But because of His great love for us, Jesus shed His blood and died to redeem us from our sins, giving us full forgiveness. He rose

I will not resort to violence, I will not degrade myself with hatred. I will return good for evil, I will love my enemies. Christ showed us the way and Gandhi in India showed it could work.

we shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will. And we shall continue to love you.

If emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you don't carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away.

Forgiveness of those who have transgressed against you, or those you love, is not about them; it is about you. It is a gift to yourself.

If you have the choice between being right and being kind, choose to be kind