Quotes About Forgiveness

He gritted his teeth, frustrated with himself, but there was nothing he could do about years past. Perhaps he could change the future.

If you spend your life knocking people down, you eventually find they won't stand up for you.

The whole world could be going wrong, but seeing her made him forget.

Do not be so hard on the child. She is a product of her upbringing, just as you are. If you judge her worth based on frivolities, then you are doing the same as those who judge you based on your simple clothing.

He could accept people with failings—even forgive them—but if he glossed over the problems, then they would never change.

He grabbed the sword from the man he had felled, holding the weapon in unpracticed hands, staring down a much larger force. "I was wrong about that one, Mistress," Sazed said softly. "I ... apologize." Vin smiled.

No dejas de amar a alguien solo porque te hace daño.

How remarkable," he said. "If you spend your life knocking people down, you eventually find they won't stand up for you. There's poetry in that, don't you think, you storming personification of a cancerous anal discharge?

Brother. 'You must find the most important words a man can say

How remarkable," [Wit] said. "If you spend your life knocking people down, you eventually find they won't stand up for you. There's poetry in that, don't you think, you storming personification of a cancerous anal discharge?

I'm sorry I drove you to suicide. Here's some bread.

He is a good man—despite it all, he is a good man. A sacrificing man. In truth, all of his actions—all of the deaths, destructions, and pains that he has caused—have hurt him deeply. All of these things were, in truth, a kind of sacrifice for him.

Amaram and Sadeas. Two men in Kaladin's life who would, at some point, need to pay for the things they'd done.

she thought about her choices… [how] something you loved so much, like the girl she held to now, could also be a reminder of one of the greatest mistakes you'd ever made… until she understood that mistakes could turn into amazing, wonderful, cherished things... with the right perspective.

I'd be the world's biggest hypocrite if I couldn't love you despite your occasional stupid idea.

no excusar nunca los defectos de la gente. Podía aceptar que la gente fallara, incluso perdonarla, pero si perdonaba los defectos entonces nunca cambiaría.

I'm not really sure why. But... do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much - pain, frustration, anger... and I still loved her. I still do.

We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it--because we need it.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. —JAMES A. BALDWIN

The heart of compassion is really acceptance. The better we are at accepting ourselves and others, the more compassionate we become. Well, it's difficult to accept people when they are hurting us or taking advantage of us or walking all over us. This research has taught me that if we really want to practice compassion, we have to start by setting boundaries and holding people accountable

All I know is that my life is better when I assume that people are doing their best. It keeps me out of judgment and lets me focus on what is, and not what should or could be.

In order for forgiveness to happen, something has to die. If you make a choice to forgive, you have to face into the pain. You simply have to hurt.

Folks write down the name of someone who fills them with frustration, disappointment, and/or resentment, and then I propose that their person is doing the best he or she can. The responses have been wide-ranging...One woman said, "If this was true and my mother was doing the best she can, I would be grief-stricken. I'd rather be angry than sad, so it's easier to believe she's letting me down on purpose than grieve the fact that my mother is never going to be who I need her to be.

Just because someone isn't willing or able to love us, it doesn't mean that we are unlovable.