Quotes About Forgiveness

The church is not a hotel for saints; it is a hospital for sinners.

Take her as a gift, there shall be no ransom.

Forgiveness is healing—everything is energy—thoughts create—we are all connected—what you resist persists—true love never dies—the soul's immortality is the only true immortality—

You can't change the past, it just is

And while I'm sure you feel that your particular mistake is extraordinarily big, insurmountable even, contrary to what you might think, these types of things can always be undone, and oftentimes aren't nearily as lethal as we think—or, should I say, as we allow them to be.

Forgiveness is healing. Especially forgiving yourself

Like when you scrape your knee and you get a scar, but then the scar fades so much that no one can see it but you. But you know where it is. Cuz you remember what caused it. And no matter how hard you try, you can never forget how bad it hurt when it first happened.

The true liberation, the true path to freedom, lay in the ability to forgive.

Alex, the only one you should be giving a second chance is you.

Instead, we have to remember to treat every day and every moment as if it was a clean slate. Bygones—let them go. Those other spazzes were in the past. We're creating this new moment and it can go any way we want.

Oh, I'm sure an apology will help," Riley said, rolling her eyes. "Hey, we're sorry we stole the past eleven thousand years of your life, here's a gold watch. Have a nice day.

On n'est vraiment indulgent que quand on est amoureux fou; dès qu'on aime un rien moins, la vacherie naturelle reprend le dessus.

De qué serviría dedicarle reproches a una persona incapaz de analizarlos, y más aún con tantos años de retraso?

What would be the point of reproaching someone who was incapable of self-analysis, especially with so many years to make up for?

Le monde grouille d'assassins, c'est-à-dire de personnes qui se permettent d'oublier ceux qu'ils ont prétendu aimer. Oublier quelqu'un : avez-vous songé à ce que cela signifiait ?

And yet, I have not wronged you, have I? Indeed if there is anyone I may have sinned against, it is me. That desiring you as I do, needing you as I do, I still let you go.

I look into her eyes and find forgiveness there and for a moment-- one brief, sweet shining moment, I see an end to my despair.

I don't think it makes you weaker to apologize.

Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.

Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness.

I want to stop piling people into prisons and stop branding people with a felony for a personal weakness.

It is immature and very foolish to hold anyone responsible for the weakness that I would have in my relationship.

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.

Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.