Quotes About Forgiveness

I will forgive him because I have heard him scream when someone pulled a sword out of him that could have just as easily gone into me. --Sophos

Least said, soonest mended.

Eddis stared at him for a long time, knowing that forgiving someone because you have to is not forgiving him at all.

The idea of loving someone no matter what they do is overrated, not to mention largely impossible.

For my mother's entire life, her mother was less a mother than splintered bits of shrapnel she carried around in her body, sharp, rusty debris that threatened to puncture an organ if she turned a certain way.

You don't need a reason to forgive," she says. "If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.

You are making it harder than it has to be, she says. I say, And should I forgive him because it would be easier? You don't nee a reason to forgive, she says. If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.

I'm so sorry for loving you, I'm so sorry.... But it was such a wonderful dream, my love, such a wonderful dream.

You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.

It's not you she hates, Schuyler. It's me. She just turned her anger outward because she couldn't bring herself to hate whom she loves.

He had tried so hard so many times, and she had always rejected him. He would not give her another chance, she knew. -Sky

Do not cry for me, Azrael. Do not waste your tears. You made your decision. -Kingsley

It's difficult to be honorable at your worst moment and to forgive those who do you wrong, to have to battle what comes naturally to you. But that's what it takes to be a monster living among mortals.

She really did trust Eliza. People made mistakes. She understood that now. And as Happy as she was to be with Ryan again, her friendship with Eliza was just as important. You only met a few kindred spirits in your life, and you had to hold on to the ones you were lucky enough to find.

I'm sorry, I got you all snotty and wet.

Sometimes it's hard to hear when we've done something wrong. But we can learn from our mistakes.

But there exists not one man who never errs. We would be gods. And gods didn't apologize. Men did.

Recovery is not about being right; it's about allowing ourselves to be who we are and accepting others as they are.

I don't think love has to hurt as much as it did in the past. I don't think we have to allow love to hurt us as much as it has. We certainly don't have to let it destroy us.

Today, God, help me to know that it is okay to allow myself to be human. Help me not to feel guilty or punish myself when I need to "fall apart.

Today, God, help me practice the concept of acceptance in my life. Help me accept myself, others, and my circumstances. Take me one step further, and help me feel grateful.

Don't let the heartbreaks of the past cause you to become cynical, close you off to life's magic and promise. Open yourself wide to all that the universe has to say. Let yourself begin anew.

remember the key principles: boundaries, letting go, forgiveness after feeling my feelings—not before, self-expression, loving others but loving myself, too.

We don't have to feel guilty whenever we experience anger. We don't have to feel guilty. Breathe deeply. We can shamelessly feel all our feelings, including anger, and still take responsibility for our behaviors.