Quotes About Forgiveness

This is a pretty deep hole for putting away all the ugly things in the world. For a long time it was empty, but it started filling up really fast the last couple of years.

I know it's best not to be bitter about some of the people I've known, she said, but some days that takes a lot of ignoring the facts. —Ignoring Facts

They couldn't reach the cord to make it stop & so it flew about scaring the older ladies just out of church. It left behind a trail of wet feathers & a renewed sense of the presence of evil among the faithful. Once they found out who started it, everyone settled down & went back to hating the usual stuff.

The trouble with "now" is that no matter how much you wish it would, it doesn't last forever. But then... other than a grudge...what does?

Almighty Elohim," said Noah, "creator of heaven and earth. Forgive our sins. Hear our prayers. May we, your servants, be found acceptable in your sight. I have not always done what you have asked of me, and it has taken your heavy rod of chastisement to bring me back in line with your purposes. I do not ask for our survival, but for your will to be done.

what purpose it serves?" "To bear the guilt of the people and remind us of the ongoing need of having Yahweh in our minds.

the sacrifice." Eleazer took a bull and killed it for his own sins, letting the blood drain into a bronze basin. He would then clean the animal and burn it on the brazen altar of sacrifice that stood before the bronze laver. Caleb quizzed Achsah some more. "And what is the purpose of the high priest sacrificing for himself first?" She said, "He too is in need of forgiveness of sins to be able to represent his people.

Unconfessed or unatoned sin is the weapon that a spirit uses against its host and its enemies.

My lord!" she exclaimed and began to kiss his feet. He pulled away from her, bent down, and out of earshot of his men, he whispered, "It is I who should be kissing your feet, for Yahweh has spoken to me through you when I would not listen to him in any other way. Go, my sister. Return to your husband and know that I will pray that he will be broken and repent of his mistreatment of such an excellent wife that he does not deserve.

Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.' - Jim

They hurt you. You hurt 'em back. Or maybe it is the other way around. Whatever. Someday you might find a way to forgive each other. But it won't be like it used to 'cause that pain never really goes away.

Yeah, life is complicated. But it's also very fucking short. If you find someone who can forgive all your bullshit... the least you can do is try to forgive them.

Forgive me if I don't take relationship advice from a dead teenager missing her vagina.

If you can leave a relationship with love, empathy, and compassion, without any thoughts of revenge, hatred, or fear, that is how you let go.

Do you know what hate feels like? Ten thousand pounds upon our shoulders. Every time that we are judged or we judge others, another pound is added, until our bodies are so heavy that we cannot move.

If you can leave a relationship with love, empathy, and compassion, without any thoughts of revenge, hatred, or fear, that is how you let go. You can choose to no longer have a relationship with that person or persons.

I even found myself overlooking my own flaws

Sometimes a soul learns to love by becoming what it most despised.

No se puede juzgar apresuradamente a nadie. Es preciso ser justo. Muchas vidas se han arruinado por juzgar apresuradamente.

For example, we may have already mastered the course in compassion and charity, but we may only be beginners when it comes to patience or forgiveness. We may be graduate students in faith and hope, but kindergartners in anger or non-violence.

Por qué uno te quiere tanto y te trata tan bien, mientras que el otro es tan diferente? —Porque uno ha aprendido. Ha pagado la deuda que tenía. Mi padre no ha pagado su deuda. Ha regresado... sin comprender. Tendrá que hacerlo otra vez.

There is no Christianity unless first there is repentance. And it is not just, "Well, I am guilty." It is not just a conviction. It is a conviction plus a desire to turn away from those things.

Remember, Little Nightingale, you can always stop doing dangerous things. And you can prove yourself trustworthy, right? Start by forgiving your uncle for his anger. That would be a nice gift.

Maybe the play wasn't about miracles. No, maybe it was about the passage of time, and the need for patience, and the ability to forgive. Maybe Shakespeare was saying that even in a world where miracles can happen, there's still going to pain, and lost, and regret. Because sometimes people die and you can't bring them back. That's what life is Joseph realized, miracles and sadness, side by side.