Quotes About Forgiveness

With someone who is genuinely abusive or a bad person, you should just get out of town. But if they're being the best person they know how to be, then you have to decide if there isn't much there you can love and not become consumed with what they're not able to give you.

We all make mistakes, and sometimes the difference that we forget is that the people we read about in the paper and on the Internet and see on TV, behind that is, at its core, a mistake.

If I settle a case out of court, it's because I love the person.

I'm not a terrible person, I know that, but sometimes in a relationship, I can be crappy.

All I can say is it's improper to criticize someone 30 years later.

I don't want to critique an apology. An apology is an apology.

I want to tell people about the meaning of the cross.

Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

We all have excuses. We could all take all of the things that have happened to us over the course of our lives and use them as excuses for being cruel to others.

I now see that I never needed to be so mean or cruel.

Yes, I have made a woman cry.

To me, I think love is the cure all.

We have to stop the cycle of violence affecting so many of our communities. We have to love each other.

Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage.

When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.

No charges have been filed by the L.A. district attorney's office, and for that I am appreciative. I have said it before, but we all make mistakes, and the day will come soon enough where you no longer read of mine in the tabloids.

If you look at the Kennedys, if you look at Bill Clinton, I think our country has decided or learned that we are all flawed, that we all have imperfections, and if all of that were revealed about each one of us, we would all be tainted.

A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.

I have some regrets that I might have hurt men in my life. But they can take care of themselves.

When God gives you a second chance, it's not something you take for granted.

As our nation's student debt crisis has reached a breaking point, we've been hearing lots of talk about student loan forgiveness. It's taken me 20 years to forgive myself for my loan - and just as long to pay it off.

I believe forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. It takes a strong person to say they're sorry and an even stronger person to forgive.

I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way.

Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.