Quotes About Reconciliation

One of the many things I regret is that I hurt so many people by giving them nasty nicknames, and above all that I was unkind to the children of celebrities.

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

Unless you sit down and talk to your dad and say, 'Why weren't you there?' and he says, 'I'm going to really tell you the truth,' then you won't know.

All men and women of good will are bound by the task of pursuing peace.

Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

Good men and women can be mobilized to ensure that South Africa is united and that the spirit of reconciliation is strengthened and that progress in this country takes place as fast as it can.

She who reconciles the ill-matched threadsOf her life, and weaves them gratefullyInto a single cloth – It's she who drives the loudmouths from the hallAnd clears it for a different celebration.

The forgiveness of God flows through me and because I am forgiven, I can forgive.

Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed" (p. 381).

Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive.

As dogs return to their vomit, some men return to their wives.

You can run from the past, but it always catches up with you.

To patch up a relationship, understanding is the needle, and love is the thread.

To deal with the stark reality of having hit or hurt a woman or child, to deal with the initial responsibility you have not to do that and the knowledge you did do it, can be incredibly hard.

I don't have beef with nobody... You know when it's beef, because then we just start playing scoreboard, and nobody wants to play scoreboard.

I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing with it, and they made some mistakes in dealing with me, and taking down all my stuff was probably one of them.

A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.

I'm not against pulling down our statues of Confederate generals and Confederate leaders.

If you're lucky like me, your relationship with your brother has resolved itself on the peaceful side of the fence and has stayed there. But if you're someone who's got a family that's all fractured and finding it hard to relate, that's a very sad place to be.

Unfortunately, we've reached a point in society where we don't mind staying mad at each other for awhile. It wasn't always like that.

We all have a responsibility to advance the process of reconciliation, and as a political leader, I am committed to leading from the front and to continue to take bold and significant steps.

When worthy men fall out, only one of them may be faulty at the first; but if strife continue long, commonly both become guilty.

for no man expects to be loved himself for his crime or for his enmity.