Quotes About Forgiveness

Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is ourselves.

Learned that he had to overcome the past or the past would overcome him.

To walk out of here and never look back. To put her heart and soul into loving those around her, loving her baby, instead of destroying herself.

Reenie. It's not easy approaching the woman my husband loved more than me." "I'm sorry for what Keith did, Liz. To both of us.

She thought of Jonah and regretted that she hadn't really forgiven him as she'd promised. Holding a grudge suddenly seemed so contrary to her own happiness, so pointless. What good was it? No good, because it kept them apart. She wished she could tell him she was finally ready to start over and make it work, to forgive Adriana, as well.

We all just do the best we can. When we make mistakes, we admit them, learn from them, ask forgiveness and move on.

The service had reminded her of the meaning of Christmas and given her a sense of peace. It had also reminded her of the baby she carried and the hope that having a child brought into her life. Did the past really matter? Not if she didn't let it, she decided.

But you have to let go of the past first or you won't believe a word she says.

It is never too late to go quietly to our lakes, rivers, oceans, even our small streams, and say to the sea gulls, the great blue herons, the bald eagles, the salmon, that we are sorry.

people make mistakes. If there was no such thing as forgiveness, there wouldn't be any friendships left in the world.

A generous orthodoxy is like that. It acknowledges that we're all a mess. It sees in our worst failures the possibility of our deepest repentance and God's opening for our most profound healing. It remembers Jesus' parable that wherever God sows good seed, "an enemy" will sow weed seeds. It realizes that you can't pull up the bad without uprooting the good too, and so it refrains from judging. It just rejoices wherever good seed grows.

Change requires sacrifice. Cahnge requires acceptance of your sins.

Change requires sacrifice. Change requires acceptance of your sins.

So I have failed you?" "Not at all. Your human frailties are not your fault.

We believe that confession should lead to forgiveness and redemption. Usually, however, it leads only to further accusations.

Those who nourish themselves with hatred seldom realize they are starving. —Zensunni warning

If a man can accept his sin, he can live with it. If a man cannot accept personal sin, he suffers unbearable consequences. —Meditations from Bifrost Eyrie, Buddislamic Text

Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean....

If you find someone who can forgive all your bullshit... the least you can so is try to forgive them.

the most damaging wounds are selfinflicted!

As long as you allow your past to haunt you, you'll never be free to pursue your future. You won't even be able to focus on your present.

compassion, that

it's impossible to remain angry or blame other people for problems in your life when you are saying , I am responsible

Algunas personas piensan que no es posible perdonar. Están convencidas de que perdonar a otra persona es lo mismo que aprobar su conducta o tolerar lo malo o cruel que ha hecho. El perdón sólo tiene que ver contigo. Es un acto perfectamente egoísta. Al perdonar a la otra persona no lo liberas; te liberas.