Quotes About Forgiveness

Another universal truth is that endings trump beginnings. Charlotte's memories of James began to warp and darken, like photographs held too close to heat, till all his past kindnesses were tainted by how he'd ultimately hurt her. James had been sweet at first only to make her ache all the more when he wasn't.

Still, I am ashamed that I was ashamed. Marda, I hope you are not ashamed of me for being ashamed. If so, shame on you.

Go back to your wife....you man whore!" Shouted the old woman, raising her walker for another strike.

He nods, looking through the pictures on the screen on the back of his camera. Some relationships can only exist as memories. But unlike ephemeral digital images that can be sorted and deleted, we can't erase the past. We have to learn to live with all the images that are stored in love's archive, memories tagged good and bad. No Photoshopping. Accept the negative before moving forward.

Nobody has the power to hurt you more than the person who loves you the most.

but kids get past things pretty quickly and none of them seem to care anymore.

This world would be a better place to live if the entire mankind forgets what happened in history (events that have happened before they were born!) and just focus on the present and coming future.

Daughter stealer.

Forgiveness is not • saying that what the person did was not wrong • absolving the person from responsibility for their actions • denying that the wrong occurred • pretending the abuse did not happen Forgiveness is • letting go of your need for revenge • cutting the person loose • refusing to let bitterness and hatred rule your life • leaving the past behind by not allowing it to control your actions or emotions

That's what God does. He doesn't try to cover up our flaws; He starts from scratch and makes us new.

Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition.

We do the best that we are able, my child. We make the best decision we may, dependent upon our experience and our training. It is what we owe to kin and to those who reside under our care. If it were true, I would tell you that necessity makes us wise. What I will tell you is that we all do our best; that we all make errors; and that those who love us will forgive us.

I did not know I hated—I did not know there was meanness in me, and permanent dysforgiveness and scorn.

As long as we draw breath, we owe it to the ones we loved and lost to live out our lives without wasting them on regrets.

A woman wronged is an enemy forever.

Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn't depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.

The promises of the future cannot undo the harm of the past.

Sweet Jovah singing, he had slept beside her all night, and kept her warm with his wings; and perhaps he did not hate her after all.

The debt of friendship is never collected," he interrupted. "And nothing is ever owed.

I have learned to forgive the unforgivable. My hope is that as I share my journey, you too will learn to do the same.

I am working on forgiving the unforgivable.

What she helped me learn is that even compassion has boundaries. It is not for those who get up each day and choose a path of discord. This includes me. I have learned that I do not deserve compassion either if I do the same.

That opened me to understand that we can forgive anyone just about anything when we separate them from their issues, illnesses, and faults. When we step away from the dangerously ill, and criminally insane, and make laws to get them the help, healing, and quarantine that they may need.

Friendship isn't all peaches and cream. Its how much you can take someone's bullshit and insults and not be offended by it.