Quotes About Forgiveness

The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence.

All nations are more tolerant of their own mistakes and weaknesses than of the mistakes and weaknesses of others.

People have weaknesses, we should accept it.

Cherish your mistakes, and you won't keep making them over and over again. It's the same with heartbreaks and girls and everything else. Cherish them, and they'll put some wealth in you.

If you decide you want to change your life around, it doesn't matter where you came from, what you did, if you were incarcerated or you are from the projects, if you are an uppity kid who came from a really wealthy family - and all of them do drugs and are into that life - it doesn't matter; come as you are, and God does his work.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

Forgiveness became a big part of the civil rights movement, juxtaposed against the violence of protesters and law enforcement. King described forgiveness in one of his early sermons as a pardon, a process of life, and the Christian weapon of social redemption.

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.

Some of our life experience makes us weary of love and make it difficult to forgive others.

I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an argument I feel it like handcuffs, and on anger time I throw it in a basket. Poor Dave, he bought me three wedding rings already!

People go forward in life. Bitterness and grudges and resentments only poison it.

Growing up, I think I was arrested 20-odd times by the Boston police. The good news is that I've been able to use those experiences in a lot of my roles, and that has been a blessing.

I have apologised to the police.

Some may seek revenge, but this is not our policy.

I'm Polish, I carry no grudges.

I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.

I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

I am a poor hater.

I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

I am not looking for a pound of flesh from Sally Jewell.

Sometimes, life just gets in the way, and you have to forgive yourself for putting on a few pounds.

I want to construct a better country for each Brazilian: pacified, just, without hate or rancor.