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Forgiveness Quotes
"Forgiveness simply means to give love instead of hate."
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"Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others."
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"I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man."
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"If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended,That you have but slumbered hereWhile these visions did appear.And this weak and idle theme,No more yielding but a dream,Gentles, do not reprehend:If you pardon, we will mend:And, as I am an honest Puck,If we have unearned luckNow to 'scape the serpent's tongue,We will make amends ere long;Else the Puck a liar call;So, good night unto you all.Give me your hands, if we be friends,And Robin shall restore amends."
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"She was impressed by its simplicity and its seriousness, and the rage she had cultivated with so much love for so many days faded away on the spot."
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"To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves."
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"To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb's betrayal is something we both carry, and since he did it, all I've wanted is for him to take its weight away from me. I am not sure that I'm capable of shouldering it all myself - not sure that I am strong enough, or good enough."
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"Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice."
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"He believed in God even if he was doubtful of men's claims to know God's mind. But that a God unable to forgive was no God at all."
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"Fuck the ones who hurt you Stop thinking about them, Get on with your own lifeThey'll eventually come back with apologies And you'll gladly accept them; as you keep growing with your life."
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"Forgiveness is the flower of love and kindness, it only grows in the bravest heart."
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"There's no reason to cry over spilled milk. People cannot change the things that have already happened."
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"Take a walk through the garden of forgiveness and pick a flower of forgiveness for everything you have ever done."
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"Forgiveness is a revolving door positioned in your path. You must step through it to move on, but it takes both timing and choice to escape walking circles inside."
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"There is no need returning anger to those who made your past horrible, do not think of making them feel bitter, maybe a help from you can just make them ashame and miserable, and can probably change their attitude."
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"While it is good to apologize and ask forgiveness from God, it's just as important (perhaps more so) to extend it towards the person you wronged. Becoming a better person or trying to make amends with the universe only works when you start with the one you owe it to."
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"Isn't it strange that most of the people who find it very difficult to forgive others, are usually the same ones who expect others to forgive them for their wrongdoings?"
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"You are definitely too blessed to be walking around with a heart full of grudges."
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"Forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable faith means believing the unbelievable and hoping means to hope when things are hopeless."
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"When you see the members of your household as faultless (nirdosh) and see only your own faults, then true pratikraman will be done."
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"Forgiveness heals any brokenness in the heart."
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"Where there is love, there are no faults. Where the love of give-and-take (dealer) arose, all faults will be seen there."
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"You know we talked about where people go when they die. I just believe you go someplace and I seen her layin there and I thought maybe she wouldn't go to heaven because, you know, I thought she wouldn't and I thought about God forgivin people and I thought about if I could ask God to forgive me for killin that son of a bitch because you and me both know I ain't sorry for it and I reckon this sounds ignorant but I didn't want to be forgiven if she wasn't. I didn't want to do or be nothin that she wasn't like going to heaven or anything like that."
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"When we forgive someone, we don't pretend that the harm didn't happen or cause us pain. We see it clearly for what it was, but we also come to see that fixating on the memory of harm generates anger and sadness."
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"I tend to walk around convinced that any amount of forgiveness that I could extend could never possibly compensate for the offenses that I've had to endure. Yet, maybe the greater offense is that I've got that backwards."
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"Forgive means for get the hurt and give love."
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"You have divine grace to forgive."
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"Wish for the happiness of your enemies, for if they are happy, they are your enemy no more."
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"It's best to be ruthless with the past."
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"The wound never heals until the grudge is completely gone."
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"It is gracious to overlook and offence."
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"There's a difference between thinking you can't be wrong and having no regrets. Wrongness is what occurs prior to empiricism, in hindsight a counterpart of revelation, and revelation is nothing to regret."
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"When you laugh at yourself, you gain perspective. Then you realize that the mistakes you made, as long as they didn't hurt anyone but yourself--well, you can forgive yourself for those."
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"Forgive and love again."
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"Love me, then, or hate me, as you will," I said at last, "you have my full and free forgiveness: ask now for God's, and be at peace."
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"Forgive and forget is the divine ideal. Grappling with the hurt while biting your tongue and struggling to refuse justifiable vengeance-that's closer to human reality."
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"Forgiveness is the most compassionate way toward the peace."
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"Anger slowly. Forgive quickly. Trust cautiously. Love easily."
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"Even when someone hurts you, you choose how to struggle, resist, deny and receive."
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"It is gracious to overlook an offence."
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"That's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty."
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"Forgiveness is the joy of friendship."
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"Who cares who's right or wrong when the last word is a kind apology?"
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"Forgiveness is the one gift you don't give to others. Rather, it is the gift you give yourself, so you can finally be free."
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"By forgiving we become free."
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"Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends."
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"Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!"
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"The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith - and He will forgive."
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"We are all guilty of sin, error, and moments of sheer stupidity; none of us should be casting stones. The occasional arced pebble might be overlooked."
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