Quotes About Forgiveness

Henrietta had been taught by the conduct of both father and mother that every vice might be forgiven in a man and in a son, though every virtue was expected from a woman, and especially from a daughter.

Se misericordioso, aunque nadie haya tenido misericordia de ti

Cease, daughter! said the priest at last in a trembling voice. I cannot grant absolution, no priest could...

discover you've been in the box. Do keep trying. Don't deny that you've been in the box when you have been. Do apologize; then just keep marching forward, trying to be more helpful to others in the future. Don't focus on what others are doing wrong. Do focus on what you can do right to help. Don't worry whether others are helping you. Do worry whether you are helping others.

I only knew a woman I suspected was haunted by devils. What those were, I was never told." She sighed. "I think that's why I went to her wake. To apologize for not pushing harder.

A man without regrets cannot be cured.

absuelve y no cuando condena

How can I stand here forgiven and free of all my past mistakes, and not forgive you?

If you honestly feel resentful against some one, but, having understood the foolishness of fury, intentionally mask your fury under a persuasive tone, your fury will at once begin to abate. You will be led into a rational train of thought; you will see that after all the object of your resentment has a right to exist, and that he is neither a doormat nor a scoundrel, and that anyhow nothing is to be gained, and much is to be lost, by fury. You will see that fury is unworthy of you.

Dus zo vergeet je: knielend in de schuur, likkend als een hond, je handen op de billen van een klasgenootje van je jongste dochter. En is vergeten niet genezen? Is hij nu niet eindelijk aan het genezen? Is het niet zijn beurt?

regrets he felt were less for his deceits than for his past indifference.

A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.

This fellow will not go wrong again; he is too terribly frightened. Send him to gaol now, and you make him a gaol-bird for life. Besides, it is the season of forgiveness. Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward.

A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.

Side by side on the narrow shawl knelt the two wanderers, the little prattling child and the reckless, hardened adventurer. Her chubby face, and his haggard, angular visage were both turned up to the cloudless heaven in heartfelt entreaty to that dread being with whom they were face to face, while the two voices — the one thin and clear, the other deep and harsh — united in the entreaty for mercy and forgiveness.

There's a lot to be said for forgiveness. Grudges seldom hurt anyone except the one bearing them. ~Atlantean God and 1st Dark-Hunter Acheron Parthenopaeus~

No matter what happens…promise me you won't hate me. (Carlos)

For God's sake, please don't sneeze and if you're holding a grudge against me for anything I did, real or imagined, I apologize profusely and swear I'll never do it again." "Don't worry, Caillen, I'll be careful." He definitely hoped so. But the wicked gleam in her eye and slight smile on her lips made him wonder if he'd lie down as a rooster and get up as a hen. Stop being paranoid. You can trust her. After

I'm sorry we're late, but somebody decided to step in a fresh horse plop and needed a bath." He turned a mock-solemn glare at the smaller child. Crystal Ingrid looked away in the manner of a four-year-old who thinks that if she doesn't see trouble, it's not there.

People change, Honor. And sometimes they don't. Sometimes, they make poor choices and big mistakes. Good people sometimes do bad things.

Shirlee McCoy

How should you hope for mercy, rendering none?

am pleased that you are repentant, but you have taken far too much of my time.

Forgiveness is warm Like a tear on a cheek!