Quotes About Forgiveness

But I can't rewrite history. I can only live with what's left.

Forgiveness is voluntary. There should be no "have to" about it.

Forgiveness is voluntary

Be kind to yourself, Michael," she said. "You're the one who has to live with you.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

The best thing to give your enemy is forgiveness; to an oponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to your father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to your self, respect; to all men charity.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego.

Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation.

Many women, sometime in their life, are going to get to a point where they have to admit infidelity.

I've made mistakes, I've misspoke, I am sure I will again sometime, but that happens, that's part of being human in my book. I'm OK with that. I've never done it maliciously, ever.

What you hope for, like Unforgiven did a lot to give you a chance to do it again sometime.

Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.

No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.

Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.

Sometimes there's just no room for apologies.

I express myself the way I want. Sometimes, I know, I do put up posts that might be insensitive, but I am not someone who deletes a post. If my posts end up hurting people, I don't have any qualms apologising, and I have done that in the past.

If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.

A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It's actually the opposite of that. It's realizing that we're all humans, and that's why God sent his Son to this earth - to save people.

The eternal God - the infinite Jehovah - has done all he could do - even to the sacrificing his own Son - to provide a way for man's happiness, and yet they reject him, hate him, and laugh him to scorn!

I love my son, but I was never there for him, so I understand why he hates me.

Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.

Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.

I had no relationship with my father. He was never around. I met him when I was a sophomore in college. I wanted to meet him that once. I asked why he wasn't there for us. He said, 'I had other obligations.'