Quotes About Forgiveness

Someone, somewhere, needs to take courage to break the cycle of violence. Forgiveness is superior to justice. Being kind and compassionate to those who are good to you is easy. True forgiveness and compassion come only when one is able to forgive even those who have committed barbaric acts. If Angulimala is capable of renouncing violence, then tell me, your Majesty: is your civilized society also capable of being truly civilized and renouncing violence?

He believed that he must, that he could and would recover the good things, the happy things, the easy tranquil things of life. He had made mistakes, but he could overlook these. He had been a fool, but that could be forgiven. The time wasted--must be relinquished. What else could one do about it? Things were too complex, but they might be reduced to simplicity again. Recovery was possible.

But privately when things got very bad I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words, and one day I read, The forgiveness of sins is perpetual and righteousness first is not required. This impressed me so deeply that I went around saying it to myself. But then I forgot which book it was.

Oh, God," Wilhelm prayed, "Let me out of my trouble. Let me out of my thoughts, and let me do something better with myself. For all the time I have wasted I am very sorry. Let me out of this clutch and into a different life. For I am all balled up. Have mercy.

But privately when things got very bad I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words, and one day I read, "The forgiveness of sins is perpetual and righteousness first is not required.

O Lord! he concluded, forgive all these trespasses. Lead me not into Penn Station.

And I prayed and prayed, 'Oh, you…Something,' I said, 'you Something because of whom there is not Nothing. Help me to do Thy will. Take off my stupid sins. Untrammel me. Heavenly Father, open up my dumb heart and for Christ's sake preserve me from unreal things. Oh, Thou who tookest me from pigs, let me not be killed over lions. And forgive my crimes and nonsense and let me return to Lily and the kids.

He had made mistakes, but he could overlook these. He had been a fool, but that could be forgiven. The time wasted—must be relinquished

And where was that day? Past and dead. Whose humiliating memories were these? His and not his father's. What had he to think back on that he could call good? Very, very little. You had to forgive. First, to forgive yourself, and then, general forgiveness.

I once was married," said Padilla when the subject came to that. "In Chihuahua when I was fifteen. I had a kid before I was a man myself." I didn't approve of his boasting that he had left a wife and kid behind in Mexico, but then the tall girl said she had a child too, and maybe the other did also and just didn't say, and so I let the subject pass, since if so many do the same wrong there maybe is something to it that's not right away apparent.

there is a life to come – wait and see – and that in the life to come we will feel the pains that we inflicted on others. We will suffer all that we made them suffer, for after death all experience is reversed.

To forgive and forget means to throw away dearly bought experience.

God does not will that any of us should ever sin. Yet his will is accomplished in spite of our sins, and even through our sins.

The Lord never gets tired of forgiving us. It is we who get tired of asking for forgiveness.

Once we have embraced sin in this way and rejected our covenant with God, only a calamity can save us.

There are some mistakes you can never make up for. There are things you can do wrong you can never do right. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try. You should, but if it becomes clear that you won't succeed, drop it. To force the issue just tortures the people you wronged in the first place. Once you've made your feelings clear, it's better to leave and get on with your life.

Romans 12:19 says, "Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath." God's wrath in a person's life often comes in the form of guilt and conviction. As parents, we need to stay out of the boxing ring and allow the Holy Spirit to convict our children of sin. Instead of getting into the ring with your children, imagine going around the ring to the child's corner and becoming a coach.

And, though God may still forgive, Be damned on earth while you live!

Aunque se reconcilien, siempre de la calumnia algo queda.

durerile oamenilor ar fi mai mici daca ei - Dumnezeu stie de ce sunt facuti astfel! - nu s-ar ocupa cu un atat de mare zel al inchipuirii de amintirea relelor trecute si ar indura un prezent nepasator.

Ältere Bekanntschaften und Freundschaften haben vor neuen hauptsächlich das voraus, dass man sich einander schon viel verziehen hat.

Yaln?z, kendime baya?? bir k?zg?nd?m, Size daha fazla k?zamad???m için.

You knew I would not kill you!" "Not then I did not!

Her peculiarities must not be punished.