Quotes About Forgiveness

it is neither helpful nor accurate to assume that other people are always responsible for our pain.

Compassion has dropped so far out of sight these days that many are confused about what is required. It even inspires overt hostility.

cultivate an informed empathy with the suffering of all human beings—even those regarded as enemies.

Martin Luther King Jr. believed that the highest point of Jesus's life was the moment when he forgave his executioners

Qur'an insisted tirelessly. "If one is patient in adversity and forgives—this, behold, is indeed something to set one's heart upon.

The secret to keeping your marriage filled with love in a cup Whenever you're wrong, admit it, whenever you're right, shut up

Take the advice I sometimes have to give to myself: Don't say something permanently painful just because you are temporarily ticked off.

Remember, possessing feelings of anger isn't wrong. What is wrong is when we allow them to fester and then we choose to fight.

Don't say something permanently painful just because you are temporarily ticked off.

God created us with emotions, and anger is one of them. Feeling the emotion of anger is not the problem. The problem is when we let our anger trigger actions that result in wrongdoing.

I want you to get out a nice note card or piece of stationery and write a letter to yourself. Yes. To yourself. In it, encourage yourself with what you have learned from this journey. What do you need to work on? Why do you need to work on it? What relationships are being damaged or precious time and memories lost because of how you interact with those in your life, whether they are family, friend, or even foe? Spend some time thinking about this and then let your pen and paper do the talking.

Repentance is simply agreeing with God about our wrong and then doing an about-face and walking in the other direction, committing the sin no more.

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning. PROVERBS 10:12 – 13

Fighting lets ye both say wha' needs to be said. Just be sure you fight clean, and dinna bring up old hurts or blame one another.

Dementia was an unforgiving illness, one that stole hope and crumbled pride.

I wish we hadn't kissed at all," he snapped. "So do I, but we can't unkiss, so we must deal with it as best as we can.

Billie Jo's father brought in a pail of kerosene put it next to the stove, Billie Jo's ma thought it was water so she used it and ending up catching the pail on fire ma went to get pa and Billie Jo thought she was doing a good thing by getting rid of the pail that was on fire not knowing her mom was coming back into the house and caught her mom on fire and Billie Jo put out the flames on her mom with her hands.

You know, I don't think there's anything truly unforgivable. Not where there's love.

It is an unwise man who constantly looks into the past to condemn himself. You breathe life today, and it is what you do now that will see you through to tomorrow.

When wars end, all the shit comes tumbling out. People talk, point fingers at each other, reveal things they've kept quiet for years.

It was no more than a single grain of sand from a mountain of sins Halsey yeah to atone for, and it didn't change a thing for Kurt, but she had to start somewhere.

He'd known from the moment he started making it that it was more than just a special gift for his granddaughter. He accepted that it was a penance for failing to get one for Naomi, a subconscious motive buried in so shallow a grave that he could see the bones below with little effort.

Jesus is the quicker picker-upper.

When somebody dies, you forget they're an asshole.