Quotes About Forgiveness

I should be mortified, I know. But Alys is a good friend to me, and though she has her faults, she has a good and generous heart.(Emily) And is that all that matters to you? (Draven) Aye. People will always make mistakes, but in the end 'tis their heart that matters most. (Emily)

I didn't think you'd allow me to attend. (Emily) I'm a beast, Emily, not a bastard. (Draven)

Damn you for killing my son. I wish you had died in the womb. Better I should have killed myself than ever given birth to a monster such as you. (Sin's Mother) Thank you, Mother. As always, I will cherish your well wishes. (Sin)

She reached up to place her fingertips to his lips as she stared up at him with a warm, tender expression. "I wish you had come home to me so that I could have helped you." He pulled the cloth away from her face and stared at her for a hard second. "Had I known what was waiting for me, my lady, I would have." -Christian and Adara

Why are you so angry? I've come back for you and this is how you greet me? (Morgan) You've come back for me? Oh, how delightful. Shall I put on my best gown or should I just fall down on my knees in gratitude that you finally remembered I exist? (Serenity)

I think the girl's ruined and you and I are going to hell for it. (Morgan) Given our past sins, I doubt if she'll be the stone that tips the scales of our damnation. (Jake)

Just don't let yourself get killed before you make your peace, boy. Many's the soul who consigned themselves to hell without the devil having to lift a finger.(Thadeus)

I guess it doesn't make sense to hate you anymore. As Lorelei is so quick to say, the past is the past and it can do us no harm unless we let it. (Jack)

Braden clenched his teeth, but as Sin stepped out of the shadows and into the bright circle of moonlight, he forgot his anger in another wave of laughter. Maggie looked at him with a frown. Braden couldn't speak, all he could do was motion to Sin's legs, which were almost gleaming white beneath his plaid. 'Do you want to die?' Sin asked nonchalantly. 'Nay,' Braden choked. 'But have you seen your legs, man?'" -Sin & Braden

What I've learned is that everything in life - and I mean, even the worst of it - can be turned into grace...the test is - for even one moment in our lives - not to strike back at something, no matter how bad it gets...when you're faced with the temptation to get angry or upset and to hit back - you just don't do it. You let the temptation roll over you and not touch you. The idea is not to add to the collective pain...and by not doing so, you make the world a better place.

old hatreds are endlessly retrievable.

I really believe I've been a good person. Not perfect - forget about perfect - but just learning by what I was taught and living by my own values. I might have stepped on a few ants - and a few other things as well - but I've never hurt anybody.

Life is much too short to waste time wallowing in the past especially when the future hands you a second chance. Chakotay Talking to B'Ellana (When she asks him why he isn't mad her for lying about her and Miral being dead) Book:Unworthy: pg. 121

Don't expect me to be perfect. Despite all my lives, I'm still only human. I can't deliver perfection, and I'll only disappoint you. But I want you to know that you are the most important person to me. I'm trying to protect you. Sometimes I screw things up. I may even tell a white lie every now and then. But you have to give me the benefit of the doubt.

Most painful of all, she mourned the time she could have spent with her daughter. She'd tried so hard to prove she was good enough. And now, with a few simple sentences, Harriett had explained it so plainly. Jo had been good enough all along. They'd made her feel like a failure, when the truth was, they just hadn't wanted her around. There was nothing she could have done.

Pity is a poison. -Kunti

God forgave. There was infinite mercy in Heaven; this she believed. There had to be, when there was so little mercy on earth.

East of Eden,

Life is too short to sit around and hold grudges; it doesn't make any sense to do it.

Elizabeth is my happiness , he thought again. "I could hate her for what she did to me." "Because of one unsuccessful beheading?" She tapped her claw to her chin. "Wow. I never thought you were such a pussy. I'm rethinking our friendship.

I have an amazing relationship with my wife, but sometimes there are arguments. It happens.

I'm not a terrible person, I know that, but sometimes in a relationship, I can be crappy.

Well, you don't really forget the crap, do you? ... You might put a blanket over it & push it to the back of your mind, but that doesn't really make it go away.

Once," Balinda begins softly, "when I was in the emergency room with my mother they brought in a murderer who had been shot and was dying, right there in front of us. I watched as the nurse touched his face and reassured him and I could not believe they were being so nice to him." "What happened?" Jill asked. "My mother rose up, took my arm, gripped it as if she was a weight lifter and said, 'he was a beautiful baby once and his mother loved him'.