Quotes About Forgiveness

I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.

Regret should be handled swiftly, and you shouldn't hold onto it. People spend their entire lives regretting what they didn't do and what they should've done. Hey, man, you did what you did.

Everybody likes to hold up a really big righteous sword when people make mistakes. Well guess what, now it's recorded and everyone has access to it... so let's stop judging people.

It's never clear to me why it's so hard for people to say sorry. It's a simple word, just two syllables and its positive impact is enormous.

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

I don't think it's an incredibly radical premise to try and have sympathy for someone who has made a mistake.

The art is not one of forgetting but letting go. And when everything else is gone, you can be rich in loss.

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean.

Who's the real you? The person who did something awful, or the one who's horrified by the awful thing you did? Is one part of you allowed to forgive the other?

But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.

Isn't that the whole idea?' I asked. 'It's supposed to stop them from being criminals!' She shook her head. 'That's not what I mean. A lot of people make bad mistakes. But being in jail can make them feel like a mistake is all they are. Like they aren't even people anymore.

It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission.

Tab's mom said that when people reached out to hurt your feelings, it was because they secretly felt they deserved to be talked to that way. She said that they had 'long, hard roads ahead' and that you should just wish them well.

You are allowed to make mistakes. And to be forgiven.

That's not what I mean. A lot of people make bad mistakes. But being in jail can make them feel like a mistake is all they are. Like they aren't even people anymore." Her bringing the chips and cookies

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.

Like, we've been together for a while now, ever since he trapped me in this weird ball prison, I have been forgiving.

I'd burned bridges between us that had yet to be built.

Patience Is The Best Way 2 Expose A Liar,Because Sooner Than Later They Will Forget The Lies They Told!

He'd tried a life separated from God, and it was no way to live. He'd rather be a son who was chastened than a stranger who was ignored.

You know, I hope you don't judge

I'm sorry, Molly, but people are always reminding me of what happened. It's going to be hard to explain to everyone that . . . that I still love you." Molly

I'm sorry," repeated Dree sincerely. "That's OK. Don't think of it as losing a sister-in-law, think of it as gaining a parasite. This soup's delicious. I may sting you for another bowlful.