Quotes About Reconciliation

Forgiveness given is forgiveness gained.

That boy. He does try me. I love him because he's mine. But I don't choose to forgive him because I love him or because he deserves it. I forgive him because I've been lost too. I've walked away too. I've been welcomed back too. None of us deserve to be forgiven. That's why it's called mercy." ~Mama Potts

It's an odd thing about this universe that, though we all disagree with each other, we are all of us always in the right.

Okay. Sorry," she mumbles. I move to the edge of the bed and peer into her face, looking for a sign of anything I can reason with. Her pale blue eyes are smoky, vacant.

Silence is a great peacemaker.

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

Forgiveness is about freeing yourself from anger that can be crippling.

Forgiveness is really about freeing yourself from the hate and self-pity, which eats like a cancer into your brain day and night, year after year.

should experience grief?" She stormed off and slapped through

I look back to where my life had been. It's always risky to think of letting go. That's why this is the perfect ending. Nothing left to reconcile.

Emotion choked her. "Since meeting you you've made me feel a lot of things. But not guilt. Not even when I kicked you." He smiled. "Glad to hear it. So what do you say we go check on your sister? I can almost picture her with her ear to the door." Through the door, Natalie said. "Damn right. Now bring my sister back out here.

Forgiveness is a tricky thing, in the way that apologies can be. Are you apologizing because it makes you feel better or because it will make the other person feel better?

we are asking forgiveness of others to avoid the harder work of forgiving ourselves.

Forgiveness is a tricky thing, in the way that apologies can be. Are you apologizing because it makes you feel better or because it will make the other person feel better? Are you sorry for what you've done or are you simply trying to placate the other person who believes you should be sorry for the thing you feel completely justified in having done? Who is the apology for?

I owe you, remember? How am I ever going to make things up to you if you won't let me do stuff?

he was convinced that if he claimed all the parts he really loved he would be able to make peace with everything else.

I can see why you'd be confused, seeing as you've acted like a complete ass.

Mallory, he said, sounding raw and staggered and touched beyond words. God, I was so stupid. So slow. I didn't know what to do with you. I tried to keep my distance but my world doesn't work without you in it. -Ty to Mallory

I'm sorry I was so hard on you. I nearly pushed you away— Impossible, he said. Don't you know yet? If I ever lost you, I'd lose myself.

After the way I left, I suddenly find myself wanting very much to go home. But . . . it won't be the same when I get back. Will it?" "It will be the same," Grimm said. "You're the one who has changed.

What do you do to make up for failing everyone in your life? How do you make it right? How do you apologize for hideous things you never intended to happen?

I know I've screwed up," I said. "I'm going to have to live with that. But I don't want to lose you.

What could I do? What do you do to make up for failing everyone in your life? How do you make it right? How do you apologize for hideous things you never intended to happen?