Quotes About Forgiveness

She'd stopped fighting and known, as Pauline must have known when she'd joined with her captors, that any bond is its own great salvation, no matter how damning in all other ways. She'd bound herself then to Pauline, and Pauline's rushing fate.

But you must recollect that every time you forget, and are impatient or selfish, you chill them and drive them farther away. They are loving little things, and are so sorry for you now, that nothing you do makes them angry. But by and by they will get used to having you sick, and if you haven't won them as friends, they will grow away from you as they get older.

Few things are more aggravating than to be forgiven when one has done no wrong.

The more I prayed for my enemies, the softer my heart became.

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me.

If I or my soldiers have plundered or done injury to the houses or to the ministers of religion, I repent me of my sin - but it is not of Edward of England that I shall ask pardon.

If I or my soldiers have plundered or done injury to the houses or ministers of religion, I repent me of my sin; but it is not of Edward of England I shall ask pardon.

Let's be very clear: Living 'unforgiven' is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be found in any successful person.

Often, when cheating happens, we rush to place blame solely on one person - either the person who did the cheating, or more insidiously, if it happened to us, we blame ourselves for not being 'good enough' to keep them around. But putting it all on one person doesn't paint the entire picture.

Hate won't solve anything.

There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won't forget them.

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

If I screw up, I'm gonna say, 'You know what? I really screwed up.' That's all you can do. Some people gonna forgive you, some people not gonna forgive you. That's just the way it works.

I regret the times I've been mean to people... It's fine to pick on people who can defend themselves and deserve it. Some people don't deserve to be picked on who I picked on, so I don't do it anymore.

America has been a very cold place to me, and it was good once in a while. I meet good people. Sometimes I meet bad people. But there are some things that I still haven't forgotten today that hurt that bad.

We only do harm to ourselves when we harbor resentment and vitriol toward another. I do believe that everything is forgivable; some things are inexcusable but forgivable.

What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.

I think forgiveness is overrated, personally, because some things people do are unforgivable.

I would forgive my mom, but she's going to have to admit she did some things that were wrong.

I misfired and said some things in the past about people, namely John Mayer. And I didn't have the guts to apologize.

Some things you just don't get over.

Some people just can't forgive. And that's just the way life is. You know, I can't forgive some things, either.

I was doing hard personally and did some things I probably shouldn't have done. We've all got our cross to bear.

I went through some things that I shouldn't have had to go through. But I came out on the other side. I'm not bitter. I'm not jaded.