Quotes About Forgiveness

Elsa had made a point of never seeing them or speaking to them again, but even so, their absence caused an ache that wouldn't go away. Apparently you couldn't stop loving some people, or needing their love, even when you knew better.

As I write, I am reminded of that passage from the Bible—the one that is read at every wedding: "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child." Now, I understand as an adult. Maybe for the first time in my life. This article would break my mother's heart, and perhaps even worse, her spirit. That didn't matter to me a week ago; in fact, I wanted to hurt her then. My only excuse: then I was a child.

Kid, the people who love you stay. You've already learned that. Go find your mom and tell her you've been as dumb as a box of marbles. And let her hold you tight.

But love has to be stronger than hate, or there is not future for us.

The tiny footprints of their reconciliation—that one kiss—had been lost in the rubble of her grief.

hinterlands of a broken family.

she'd sometimes wondered what good all those sorries were if nothing ever changed

Best friends fight. They lose sight of what matters.

me." "I'm sorry," Loreda said. "For—" "No sorries. We fought, we struggled, we hurt each other, so what? That's what love is, I think. It's all of it. Tears, anger, joy, struggle. Mostly, it's durable. It lasts.

KH: My new novel, Night Road

She needed guidance - and forgiveness - but for the first time in her life she could find no words for her prayer. How could she be forgiven for such a foolish, thoughtless act? God would see her guilt and fear, and He would judge her.

folks who hang on to the past miss their chance for a future.

Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it.

To forgive even when the apology tendered was as thin as fishing line and as breakable as a promise to do better.

Iubire. Familie. Veselie. Asta imi amintesc eu in esenta. Mare parte din viata am crezut ca nu am realizat indeajuns de mult. Presupun ca pot fi iertata pentru nesabuinta . Eram si eu tanara. Vreau ca urmasii mei sa stie cat de mandra sunt de ei si cat de mandra sunt de mine.

Kristin Hannah

I could tell you it was a Jean Valjean sort of stay and you would think it was romantic.

She had made a terrible, grievous mistake. She couldn't take it back, however much she might hope for such a chance; she couldn't undo it, but a good woman would accept responsibility—and blame—and apologize. Whatever else she was or wasn't, whatever her failings, she intended to be a good woman.

probably never said I love you to another human being . . . How could Kate have said that? And then not called to apologize . . . or to say hello . . . or even to wish her a happy birthday?

But this new emotion…this feeling in the pit of his stomach that he'd been a bad person, that he'd hurt his brother deeply and known it and never bothered to make it right…

Was it possible that one sin could stain your soul forever? Or could one do enough good that a mistake of such magnitude could eventually be erased?

you can't rewrite the past. But you can choose to live with your whole heart in the here and now.

all make mistakes. But life goes on, and we can always become better. It's not the decisions in your past that matter, but the choices you make about your future.

It is gentle and fierce, forgiving and demanding, and once it finds you, it lives in your heart forever.