Quotes About Forgiveness

You´re my son, Ed. You might be idiotic and irresponsible, but it doesn´t make the slightest difference to what I feel for you. I´m pissed off that you could have thought it would

infidelity. They ended because the

They said I should teach her a lesson. I never got it, not even in the first flush of anger, when I thought she had pretty much stomped all over my heart. You beat a horse and you can break it all right. You can make it submit. But it'll never forget. And it sure as hell won't care for you. So if I wouldn't do it to a horse, I could never work out why I should do it to a human.

Dar pentru oameni ca noi, Ellie, nu exista iertare. S-ar putea sa descoperi ca sentimentul de vinovatie joaca un rol mai mare in viata ta decat ai vrea. Se spune ca pasiunea arde cu un motiv, dar cand e vorba de o legatura extraconjugala, nu au de suferit doar cei implicati. - Vezi tu, nu poti face pe cineva sa te iubeasca iar. Oricat de mult ai vrea. Uneori, din pacate, momentul....a trecut. -..... expresia "de-ar fi fost altfel" e un joc tare periculos.

Be kind to yourself. You're only human.

I chose to believe that God, a benign God, would understand our sufferings and forgive us our trespasses.) It

Seeing what she has suffered has made me realize that everyone deserves a second chance, especially if someone out there is willing to give them one, in spite of what they carry with them.

Some mistakes ... just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let that night be the thing that defines you.

You beat a horse and you can break it all right. You can make it submit. But it'll never forget. And it sure as hell won't care for you. So if I wouldn't do it to a horse, I could never work out why I should do it to a human.

No. No, don't be sorry. It's

There are times when it is prudent to turn the other cheek, especially when it comes to spouses, family members, and friends. Courtesy and love are contagious and are far more effective over the long-haul than trying to ruin the reputation and well-being of another. (Chapter 7)

Feeling no remorse must be a blessing when all you have are your memories

W]e need to think twice about raining down vengeance and anger as our default position.

We judge others based on our love level. When we are full of love we have no room left for judgment.

I was reminded that retribution does not break cycles of violence and injustice, but grace might.

Lord Acton's famous observation that "power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" has long been misunderstood. Acton was not arguing that power causes powerful leaders to become corrupt (though he probably believed that, too). Rather, he was noting that historians tend to forgive the powerful for transgressions they would never condone by the weak.

Benjamin, min son. Du har skrivit igen. Jag har bett dig att inte skriva och jag ber dig ännu en gång. Du måste förstå. Jag älskar dig. Jag hoppas du mår bra. Med jag låtsas att du inte finns.

I am a great sinner," said the dying Newton, "but Christ is a great Savior.

People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.

I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy.

Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind.

Part of life is a quest to find that one essential person who will understand our story. But we choose wrongly so often. Over the ensuing years that person we thought understood us best ends up regarding us with pity, indifference, or active dislike. Those who truly care can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive our worst sins. Rarely do we find someone capable of both.

8. Resolved, To act, in all respects, both speaking and doing, as if nobody had been so vile as I, and as if I had committed the same sins, or had the same infirmities or failings, as others; and that I will let the knowledge of their failings promote nothing but shame in myself, and prove only an occasion of my confessing my own sins and misery to God.

It's other people make be bad, love,' I said with conviction. 'Like you, I start out holy every single morning.