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Quotes About Forgiveness

Black Stache had no love for the Queen, no love for women of any sort, except for his ma. He had a real soft spot for his ma, and was truly sorry for the time he'd marooned her.
~ Dave Barry
I lost someone very close to me and afterward I believed I could have saved him had I been a better friend to him. But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.
~ Dave Eggers
they both understood mistakes are made by all and that they should, if everyone is acknowledging our common humanity, our common frailty and propensity for sounding and looking ridiculous a thousand times a day, that these mistakes should be allowed to be forgotten.
~ Dave Eggers
I should probably get a stone. A stone would be good. A stone would save me, would salvage all the damage we had already done, all the things we had given up or lost.
~ Dave Eggers
There is not a verse in the Bible, however, that presents Calvinism's radical idea that the sinner is incapable of believing the very gospel that offers him forgiveness and salvation, and yet he is condemned by God for failing to believe. In fact, as we shall see, the Bible declares otherwise. "All men everywhere" (Acts 17: 30) are repeatedly called upon to repent and to believe on Christ.
~ Dave Hunt
He came to pay a debt he didn't owe, Because I owed a debt I couldn't pay!
~ Unknown
If wronged once, always forgive. Twice, forgive again, keeping in mind that even a repentant man can repeat a mistake. " Only after two transgressions, Munenori advised, should punitive action be taken.
~ Unknown
I made sure I let go of my past, accepting the fact that that part of my life was only a small fraction of my life.
~ Dave Pelzer
shame about being. "We say, I am ashamed of myself. I am guilty for something.
~ Unknown
Regrets? What exactly does that mean? We all have regrets. Indeed we do. But some are far greater than others. And if they are powerful enough, they can consume you completely.
~ David Baldacci
They say time heals, but I'm not sure about that. Not at all." "Time doesn't necessarily heal, but it allows perspective, and the fading of the loss. But not for me." He placed a finger against his head. "I can't forget. Not even a little bit. Nothing fades, nothing gets better. It's a new movie release every day, but it's the same movie.
~ David Baldacci
Time did not heal wounds for him. Not for someone who could never forget. Their murders were as fresh now as when they occurred. Not just the visuals, but also the emotional hatchet attached to the mental images. They would be until the day he died.
~ David Baldacci
Per troppi anni sono stato ad ascoltarti piangere la tua condizione di martire e adesso non ne posso più. Tu ti vedi come la paladina di vittime innocenti. Altro nella tua vita non c'è. Non ci sei tu, non ci sono io, non c'è tuo padre. L'unica vera ragione per cui ti accanisci contro ogni bastardo che ti capita a tiro è che tuo padre ti ha fatto del male. Ogni volta che fai condannare qualcuno è un'altro chiodo che conficchi nel cuore del tuo vecchio
~ David Baldacci
Some of the burdens we carry include false weight, perhaps to make up for all the horrible stuff we actually did and forgot.
~ David Carr
Each sober breath you draw is an act of grace, my friend said. You are making amends every day you do not use. I found enough comfort in what he said to forgive myself…
~ David Carr
my anger directed toward someone who has knowingly, intentionally, and unnecessarily acted in a hurtful manner?     2.   Is my anger useful? Does it help me achieve a desired goal or does it simply defeat me?
~ David D. Burns
Self-Blame. You blame yourself for something you weren't entirely responsible for, or you beat up on yourself because of some mistake you made.
~ David D. Burns
If necessary, a man should live with a hurting heart rather than a closed one.
~ David Deida
Jesus touches the one who was untouchable and cleanses even the worst impurity.
~ Unknown
Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? Until we learn how to forgive, that sort of thing is going to keep on happening. He pointed at the tall pillars of smoke rising to the north. Hate is a sterile thing, Belgarion.
~ David Eddings
You'll fight with each other, of course, but never go to sleep angry. That was always my mistake.
~ David Eddings
You'll fight with each other, of course," she told him as they danced, "but never go to sleep angry. That was always my mistake.
~ David Eddings
This American penchant for absolution via irony is foreign to them.
~ David Foster Wallace
Do this: hate him for me after I die. I beg you. Dying request.
~ David Foster Wallace