Quotes About Forgiveness

My parents were mourning the death of my sister. She was killed in a car accident before I was born, and I didn't know she existed until I was 13 or 14 years old. I knew I was growing up in a house where people were angry and sad.

Prejudice is sinful. All blood flows red. And the most harmful and foolish kind of prejudice is prejudice against yourself. Every woman is your sister, and every woman needs her sisters. So try to give other women the courtesy of your compassion, respect, and forgiveness. Love yourself despite - and because of - your flaws.

They're my sisters. We don't always like each other, but we'll always love each other.

It'd be really nice to sit down with all the people who have hurt me and tell them all the reasons that they've affected me.

The Bible clearly says that when we have a problem with our brother, we are to go to them and try to resolve the situation.

Forgiveness has an uncanny way of bringing incredible good out of incredibly bad situations.

I feel like I've had a lot of painful situations that I intentionally delete from my memory.

I don't have resentments towards anyone I played with or to the guy who bullied me in the sixth grade. I've worked through it.

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!

Behind bars, everyone's an inmate. Everybody has their skeletons; everybody has their story.

Hate cannot overcome hate; only love can do that.

Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?

My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.

I think a breakup can be the beginning of a friendship. That's not me trying to make everything OK - it's me saying, "No, we love each other. Let's not pretend we don't."

One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.

Those who look for reasons to hate miss opportunities to love.

Even bullies need love.

Women in love sooner forgive great indiscretions than small infidelities.

Learning from one's enemies is the best way to love them, for it puts one into a grateful mood toward them.

Anyone can love a virtue, but a good human being is he or she who loves even vicious people. Everyone Loves the melodious voice of cuckoo, but who cares for Kaw- Kaw of crow.

It doesn't matter how old you are, there is a little child within who needs love and acceptance.

My freedom from hatred - I would even claim for myself individually, my love - for those who consider themselves to be my enemies, does not make me blind to their faults.

Forgiving the past means remembering the love there, and releasing all the rest as the illusion that it really was.

Become more accepting. With every interaction, surrender any tendency to judge another person. Pray for a more accepting heart.