Quotes about forgiveness
forgiveness men judging
No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge. Lucan
forgiveness silly pride
Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a discovery of weakness, which we are more careful to conceal than a crime. Many a man will confess his crimes to a friend; but I never knew a man that would tell his silly weaknesses to his most intimate one. Lord Chesterfield
forgiveness silence silent
Pardon, and keep silent, for what is shameful for women must be concealed among women. Sophocles
forgiveness healing self-love
Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79) Stephen Levine
forgiveness revenge inspire
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. Scott Adams
forgiveness healing cornerstones
To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing. Sylvia Fraser
forgiveness ideas mind
What can be my highest idea of forgiveness? Nothing beyond myself. Which of you can jump out of your own bodies? Which of you can jump out of your own minds? Not one of you. Swami Vivekananda
forgiveness mother forgiving
The ideal of womanhood in India is motherhood - that marvellous, unselfish, all - suffering, ever - forgiving mother.
forgiveness mind forgiving
It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
forgiveness forgiving degrees
Forgive offences by the million. And if you love all unselfishly, all will by degrees come to love one another.
forgiveness angel fighting
Even forgiveness, if weak and passive, is not true: fight is better. Forgive when you could bring legions of angels to the victory.
forgiveness forgive-and-forget forgiving
Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
forgiveness protest remains
If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against. Rollo May
forgiveness heart
The heart has always the pardoning power. Sophie Swetchine
forgiveness country people
One of the things that perhaps we can learn through the political process about bringing people together is to remember South Carolina, remember the families of the nine victims, how they brought a community together during the worst atrocity in our state's history, i am thankful that I live in a country where forgiveness can be seen in the worst of conditions. Tim Scott
forgiveness body haunting
From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed. William Wordsworth
forgiveness forgiving god-forgives
The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive!
forgiveness wrestling heart
One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling. William James
forgiveness hate forgiving
One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me. Sarah Bernhardt
forgiveness sin remission
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. Saint Augustine
forgiveness long abuse
Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently. Saint Francis de Sales
forgiveness heart keys
Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles. Richard Paul Evans
forgiveness human-experience humans
When true forgiveness happens it is one of the most astonishing and liberating of the human experience. Richard Holloway
forgiveness believe forget
I don't believe that to understand is necessarily to pardon, but I feel that to understand makes one forget that one cannot pardon. Rebecca West
forgiveness christian perfection
To do evil for good is human corruption; to do good for good is civil retribution; but to do good for evil is Christian perfection. Though this be not the grace of nature, it is the nature of grace. Thomas Secker
forgiveness hurt sorry
Sometimes we can take offense so easily. On other occasions we are too stubborn to accept a sincere apology. Who will subordinate ego, pride, and hurt-then step forward with 'I am truly sorry! Let's be as we once were: friends. Let's not pass to future generations the grievances, the anger of our time'? Let's remove any hidden wedges that can do nothing but destroy. Thomas S. Monson
forgiveness clever names
Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. Robert Kennedy
forgiveness forgiving pounds
When I learned to forgive, it was like a million pounds were lifted from me. Reba McEntire
forgiveness forgiving forget
Can you really forgive if you can't forget? Sarah Jessica Parker
forgiveness cutting forgiving
There's no operation where you can have your anger cut out. But if you work on yourself, as you get better, you'll be more capable of seeing others as flawed human beings. That makes it easier to forgive. Robin Quivers
forgiveness forgiving resentment
Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. Roberto Assagioli
forgiveness forgiving thrones
Of him that hopes to be forgiven it is indispensably required that he forgive. It is, therefore, superfluous to urge any other motive. On this great duty eternity is suspended, and to him that refuses to practise it, the throne of mercy is inaccessible, and the Saviour of the world has been born in vain. Samuel Johnson
forgiveness ends pardon
To understand is not only to pardon, but in the end to love. Walter Lippmann