Quotes About Forgiveness

But no matter how much parents and grandparents may have sinned against the child, the man who is really adult will accept these sins as his own condition which has to be reckoned with. Only a fool is interested in other people's guilt, since he cannot alter it. The wise man learns only from his own guilt. He will ask himself: Who am I that all this should happen to me? To find the answer to this fateful question he will look into his own heart.

It is particularly in contacts with people of the same sex that one stumbles over both one's own shadow and those of other people. Although we do see the shadow in a person of the opposite sex, we are usually much less annoyed by it and can more easily pardon it.

Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

of cash and apologized to his stepmother and half sisters for meeting

What would release be? Being forgiven? No, never forgiven, never only forgiven.

Always remember that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victim--letting go of the pain and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.

He wanted to tell her that he'd learned a man could come to love again without betraying his first love.

Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.

The truth is, not one of is innocent. We all have sins to confess.

Nie wracajmy do przesz?o?ci. -Nie mo?emy. Musimy stan?? z ni? twarz? w twarz, gdy? jedynie wtedy zdo?amy odnale?? pokój

Uma dose de amnésia, e duas de desapego, por favor.

When we sin, we do not infuriate God, our Lover. We only hurt Him. We grieve Him!

i had to cease to mourn what could never be & learn to make the most of what was possible. & i would begin by trying to mend the hurts of the past

The trouble with being angry is that it not only makes you feel stupid, it encourages you to say stupid things as well. Stupid things that are hard to take back and impossible to erase.

If we treat him like an enemy, that's all he'll ever be.

I will make many mistakes, have many regrets, take many risks, but I will not do what my father did. I will not turn my back on love.

Never regret love.

was time to clear the air, empty out the wardrobes, and let the old skeletons see the light of day.

Forgive Olof? When he had robbed them of their childhood, turned them into adults who clung to each other like victims of a shipwreck? He was the driving force behind everything they had done, everything they still were doing.

We do not thieve the peckers of men who've spurned us and squirrel them away in glass jars.

Parents are strange and wonderful creatures. When you're small they seem bright, shiny, and invincible. As you grow, that image starts to fade. It's a sobering moment, but the time will come when you realize they are not the heroes you imagined. They are just people struggling to do the best they can, just the same as you are.You will feel let down, betrayed, even ashamed. This is the time,...when you need to forgive your parents for being human.

accolades, let us simply remember to: LaughMore, for laughter is the window through which we glimpse the joy of God; HopeMore, because tomorrow life will give us another chance; GiveMore, for when we share our time, we share our most prized possession; ForgiveMore, because as we forgive others, we learn to also forgive ourselves; and LoveMore, for while faith may have the power to move mountains, love has the remarkable power to change the human heart.

Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.