Quotes About Forgiveness

Let's refer to it as Saturday, rather than the day of my hanging, shall we?

Go ahead, then. He likes his back rubbed. And his head scratched. The creature inflicts grievous wounds upon my person and expects me to forgive it? I expect a lot of creatures inflict grievous wounds and expect forgiveness.

Something was stirring in him, though; a bud of comprehension that could very well bloom into forgiveness if left unchecked.

What I know is you can't go back. You can't press delete and re-key your life.

It's a sin to hate, and for that reason alone, we must not hate the Normans... We can, however, thoroughly dislike them, Alice.

foolish men say things in anger that they later regret and an angry tongue does not mean one is guilty.

a priest cannot acknowledge the sin or the sinner outside of the confessional. The seal of silence is sacred.

Hate the sin, not the sinner.

a priest cannot acknowledge the sin or the sinner outside of the confessional.

Don't punish me for what you see as your own failings. I want to be with you more than anything in the world. I've dreamed of this since that day you spoke of, the day you called me 'my heart' and surprised me with a kiss. Never mind the handfasting, if you don't want that. But please don't push me away. I know you love me. I love you with all my heart. Please give this time.

I often tell myself, there is no point in wishing certain things had not happened. We can't change what has been, only do our best with what is to come.

The error was not yours, Somerled, Eyvind said quietly, moving to the doorway. It was mine. I failed to teach you the one lesson you could not do without: how to be a man.

Don't punish me for what you see as your own failings.

Of course you will make errors; we all do. But you must learn from your mistakes. Learn quickly, and when you get something wrong, admit it and apologize.

I'm like everybody else: weak, full of mistakes, but basically good.

Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.

I would never do anything just for spite.

Femeia aÅŸtepta b?taia, c?ci pedeapsa primit? înseamn?, într-un fel, crim? r?scump?rat.

The people I knew, even the people I loved, did not always get things right, and they accumulated acts and omissions that lessened their sense of sureness.

Wären wir Narben, dann wären unsere Erinnerungen die Fäden, die uns zusammenhalten. Du kannst sie nicht zerschneiden. Wenn du das tust, dann reißt es dich entzwei. Aber meine Erinnerungen tun so weh, sagte sie, Ich will vergessen. So vieles einfach vergessen. Wie soll das gehen? Alles, was dir im Leben geschehen ist, geschieht auch heute noch. Was einmal begonnen hat, endet nicht. Da oben in deinem Kopf, da endet es nie.

if one keeps seeking revenge, there will be no end to violence. To avenge the Chalukya Emperor's invasion, the Kanchi Chakravarthy will invade Vatapi. The scions of the Chalukya dynasty will invade Kanchi again to seek revenge. Just like a tree growing from a seed and seed-bearing fruit growing on that tree, the cycle of evil in this world will be never-ending. Someone must forget and forgive for the sake of this world's well-being.

Words can be like swords, cutting deep, not into the flesh but into the tender heart. The time will come, my young friend, when you will gaze upon the still form of one you loved, and you will regret with tears and sighs the harsh words you have spoken. Do not lay up for yourself sorrow for that time.

Compassion asks us to look into our hearts, discover what gives us pain, and then refuse to inflict that pain on anybody else.

Constantly the Qur'an insists upon the importance of mercy and forgiveness, even during armed conflict.