Quotes About Forgiveness

Lord, give me the strength to fight the battle ahead, she prayed silently, and then looked up at Ruth Ann. "He stormed out of the house, and I never got to tell him I was sorry. A mother never, ever gets over that kind of grief, and I will always blame Matilda for ruining my relationship with my only child.

Lily had two kids who'd disappointed her, but like Ophelia, she still loved them both—even if both of them had pulled some crazy stunts. A mother might not like her children at times, but she always loved them.

my precious mama used to tell me that there was no room in a heart for both love and hate.

You can get glad in the same britches you got mad in.

I'm still a little bitter, but my precious mama used to tell me that there was no room in a heart for both love and hate. She said that hate would soon eat up its half of the heart and want more and more until soon there would be no love left for anyone.

There is a time for all seasons," he quoted Scripture. "A time to break down and a time to build up. You've had your time to break down, and now it's your time to build up. Don't punish yourself for what you didn't do. Just put all that behind you and move forward.

She said that what was in the past was best left there and that talking about it was like stirring a fresh cow pile with a wooden spoon. Didn't accomplish a thing, and only made the stink and the flies worse and the spoon useless for anything else.

picture of Percy throwing away the first pancakes she'd made after they were married because they weren't perfectly round flashed through her mind. She quickly hit the mental "Delete" button, determined that she was never going to think about him again.

You have to forgive her, Emma. Not for her sake. She doesn't deserve it. But for your sake, so that you don't become bitter like she is. I told her for years that she wasn't doing the right thing by you, but she wouldn't listen.

Let go of the past. Live today and look forward to the future," Bonnie

This forgiving business is not a sprint but a marathon, chère.

Shake it off and look forward. Leave the past in a fog where even memories don't exist.

Guilt trips never take you anywhere

He's horrible, Mama. Why didn't you give him away at birth?

Saint Peter could get rid of his little black book with the names of the worthy written in it. Aunt Gert would arrive with a new and updated version tucked under her arm.

We can't go back and redo or undo the past, but we don't have to let it define us

Jo…" It was a whisper, a pleading, needful sound that was almost her undoing. "Jo? I can't stand to see you this way. I know you're angry with me, but I need to set things right between us.

Prejudice is a funny thing," Levi said, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall. "Kind of like a grudge. After you've had it for a while, you tend to forget what made you feel that way in the first place.

As we meditate on the undeserved mercy of God in forgiving our sins, we will freely grant forgiveness and kindness to our husbands and children.

no situation created by our sin is so horrible that God can't redeem it for good—both for us and for our families.

ele será fiel à sua Palavra para dar-lhe sabedoria, perdão e graça para a mudança de que precisa.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Resentment is like drinking a poison and waiting for the other person to die.

A fellow can't live without giving his passive acceptance to meanness.