Quotes about forgiveness
forgiveness forgive-and-forget forgiving
Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. Mark Twain
forgiveness revenge men
In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path. Martin Luther King, Jr.
forgiveness attitude moving
Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?
forgiveness love-you unconditional-love
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
forgiveness worst-enemy evil
There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.
forgiveness eye teeth
If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.
forgiveness new-beginnings mean
Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning.
forgiveness forgive-and-forget forgiving
Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget. Maria Edgeworth
forgiveness mistake long
The press is ferocious. It forgives nothing, it only hunts for mistakes . . . In my position anyone sane would have left a long time ago. Princess Diana
forgiveness forgiving unhappy
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. Publilius Syrus
forgiveness forgiving forgotten
We forgive but not forgotten Nelson Mandela
forgiveness men glasses
Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.
forgiveness letting-go spiritual
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
forgiveness wise giving-up
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different. Oprah Winfrey
forgiveness gratitude forgiving
True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.
forgiveness women forgiving
Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women. Margaret Atwood
forgiveness believe thinking
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive. Marcus Tullius Cicero
forgiveness freedom real
Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past. Kenny Loggins
forgiveness memories mean
In forgiving, people are not being asked to forget. On the contrary, it is important to remember, so that we should not let such atrocities happen again. 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.
forgiveness boys forgiving
I could forgive the boy, now, if he'd committed a million sins!
forgiveness caves sin
The sin was mine; I did not understand. So now is music prisoned in her cave, Save where some ebbing desultory wave Frets with its restless whirls this meagre strand... Oscar Wilde
forgiveness heart giving
Forgiveness is an inner correction that lightens the heart. It is for our peace of mind first. Being at peace, we will now have peace to give to others, and this is the most permanent and valuable gift we can possibly give.
forgiveness letting-go practice
Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness.
forgiveness forgiving hyenas
But they're family, and you forgive them, even if they are human equivalent of hyenas. Because that's what you do, Posey. Forgive. Kristan Higgins
forgiveness love-you creating
I love you and I forgive you. I am like you and you are like me. I love all people. I love the world. I love creating. Everything in our life should be based on love. Ray Bradbury
forgiveness sea forgiving
Hope for a great sea-change timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive. Seamus Heaney
forgiveness revenge believe
So hope for a great sea-change On the far side of revenge. Believe that further shore Is reachable from here. Believe in miracles And cures and healing wells.
forgiveness hurt thinking
I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness. Scott Stapp
forgiveness forgiving forgive-yourself
Forgive yourself and forgive others around you. Raven-Symone
forgiveness decision care
Forgetting is something that time takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision. Simon Wiesenthal
forgiveness school home
The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.
forgiveness justice mercy
Temper justice with mercy. John Milton
forgiveness eye evil
These evils I deserve, and more . . . . Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon, Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.