Quotes About Growth

I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.

Let bygones be bygones.

Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again.

I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.

Pain is no longer pain when it is past.

I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped by a mistaken understanding of what forgiving is.

Forgiveness, quite frankly, is the most selfish thing you can do. Because it is the greatest thing you can do for yourself.

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

It is impossible to move on to new states of mind unless you seek the forgiveness of those you've offended.

Every adult was once a child free from prejudice.

Forgiveness is a scalpel that removes emotional scars.

Forgiveness multiplies and melts rigid postures. Try again and again with self forgiveness. Be the kind parent to yourself you may not have had.

Learn to forgive yourself and move on.

It is certainly a good thing always to forgive with generosity, but it is no doubt just never to forget the wrongs received: they belong to the route that leads to inner maturity.

... sometimes, out of bitterness, the years distill forgiveness.

To err is human, to forgive divine. (Acheron) I don't ask for your forgiveness. I don't deserve it. I only ask for a chance to show you now that I'm not the fool I was once. (Styxx)

True forgiveness is a willingness to change your mind about your Self.

Ricky had taught me a few cuss words. I usually practiced them in the woods by the river, then prayed for forgiveness as soon as I was done.

I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps. (256)

Forgive, forget, learn the lesson and move forward!

From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.

That which does not kill me makes me stronger.

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors.

For everything you have missed you have gained something else.