Quotes About Forgiveness

Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another though he were your enemy.

When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one. We cannot love when we feel fear.... When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

Forgiveness does not mean condoning or agreeing with a horrendous act. It is a decision to no longer attack one's self.

Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.

Today I will give to others only the gifts I want to accept for myself.

Forgiveness is the letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

Lord Jesus Christ is the touchstone which can turn all our deeds to gold,' he said anxiously. 'I pray He can forgive that lie of mine.

It was fortunate in looking back for South Africa and its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work together even though big strains developed between us from time to time.

People who work together for years on end, they fall out, and they patch it up at the end. Its normal.

I served my time and came out of prison when I was just 26 and have worked with the government for 37 years. But people only remember me for what I did before that.

There are so many factors when you think of your own films. You think of the people you worked on it with, and somehow forget the movie. You can't forgive the movie for a long time. It takes a few years to look at it with any objectivity and forgive its flaws.

Part of being a former abortion clinic worker is learning how to deal with your past sin.

What's important in any working relationship or working with someone in your family is you have to start with a clean slate.

When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.

Jesus didn't hold people accountable; He just held them close - because it works better.

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

I feel that people are basically trying to do their best in the world. Even when you see people making mistakes, you understand why they're making a mistake. Everybody has flaws, everybody has demons, everybody has ghosts, but I think you watch people and you see everybody trying to do their best.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

We live in an imperfect world, and imperfect people surround us every day.

I believe in giving people their space and time because till the time your heart and mind is not clear of the baggage, you won't be able to see other's efforts towards you.