Quotes About Forgiveness

to put anything off-limits. "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was twenty-three and the way I handled that," he said. "But I don't have any skeletons in my closet that can't be allowed out." He didn't seek any control over what I wrote, or even ask to read it in advance. His only involvement came when my publisher was choosing the cover

Love your enemies, for they will tell you your faults 

In truth, there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross.—A 39.

Men are weak, Mr. Rawlins. They're strong of arm but frail in their hearts. They need forgiveness more than women do.

I always keep thinkin' that maybe I could find a place where you nevah have to get mad, and then I'd be cool. My daddy told me before he died that that place was called Dead .

I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my grey friar's frock, and all shall be well again.

O rake not up the ashes of our fathers! Implacable resentment was their crime, And grievous has the expiation been.

You see, one day God showed me something very important. He let me know that my bitterness and blaming myself for so many things was of my own doing. He showed me that I could shed all my doubts and hurts from the past, God can do that for you too. He wants you to be happy, and if you'll only trust Him, He can work a miracle in your life, just as He did mine.

Jesus] said, "Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.…For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matt. 9:10-13). Jesus opened up God's heart to men.

Ofender la autoridad de Dios es una rebelión mucho más grave que la de ofender su santidad. Puesto que el pecado se comete en la esfera de la conducta, se lo perdona con más facilidad que la rebelión, pues ésta es una cuestión de principios. Fue el intento de Satanás de poner su trono sobre el trono de Dios lo que violó la autoridad de Dios; fue el principio de la vanagloria o exaltación propia.

God is well able to deal with our sins; but He cannot deal with a man under accusation, because such a man is not trusting in the Blood.

No matter how many steps you have taken away from God, it's only one step back.

Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future.

If you meet someone whose soul is not aligned with yours, send them love and move along.

It is easy to love people when they smell good, but sometimes they slip into the manure of life and smell awful. You must love them just as much when they smell foul.

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, it will not change you.

Think about every single person who has ever harmed you, cheated you, defrauded you, or said unkind things about you. Your experience of them is nothing more than a thought that you carry around with you. These thoughts of resentment, anger, and hatred represent slow, debilitating energies that will disempower you. If you could release them, you would know more peace.

Remove all unloving thoughts from your mind, and practice kindness in all of your thoughts, words, and actions. Cultivate

Perhaps my favorite quote on forgiveness is from Mark Twain: "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds, on the heel that has crushed it.

When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose to be kind.

Mark Twain: "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds, on the heel that has crushed it." Indeed

Guilt is the most useless of all erroneous zone behaviors. It is by far the greatest waste of emotional energy. Why? Because, by definition, you are feeling immobilized in the present over something that has already taken place, and no amount of guilt can ever change history.

Instead of hating yourself, develop positive feelings. Learn from the error, and resolve not to repeat it but don't associate it with your self-worth.

When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind