Quotes about forgive
forgiveness forgiving way
From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive. Molly Ringwald
forgiveness determination work
Love is an act of endless forgiveness. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy. Peter Ustinov
forgiveness problems-love new-day
Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely Ralph Waldo Emerson
forgiveness differences forgiving
The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion. Ralph Waldo Emerson
forgiveness memories heart
His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong. Ralph Waldo Emerson
forgiveness ignorance men
It is right that man should love those who have offended him. He will do so when he remembers that all men are his relations, and that it is through ignorance and involuntarily that they sin,--and then we all die so soon. Marcus Aurelius
forgiveness annoying annoyance
Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us. Marcus Aurelius
forgiveness pardon ifs
Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all. Thomas a Kempis
forgiveness pardon knows
Know all and you will pardon all. Thomas a Kempis
forgiveness forget enjoy
You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest. Judy Blume
forgiveness oil
Forgiveness is the oil of relationships. Josh McDowell
forgiveness compassion care
Who would care to question the ground of forgiveness or compassion. Joseph Conrad
forgiveness humility forgiving
Forgive thyself little, and others much. Leighton Meester
forgiveness mistake heart
A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself. Linda Sue Park
forgiveness forgiving position
One must put oneself in every one's position. To understand everything is to forgive everything. Leo Tolstoy
forgive-me forgiving sin
I am a sinner....who's probably gonna sin again...Lord forgive me! Kendrick Lamar
forgiveness acceptance love-is
I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community. Lady Gaga
forgiveness believe heart
I am certain that people never forgive because they believe they have an obligation to do it or because someone told them to do it. Forgiveness has to come from inside as a desire of the heart. Wanting to is the steam that pushes the forgiving engine. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness hurt children
Forgiving is an affair strictly between a victim and a victimizer. Everyone else should step aside...The worst wounds I ever felt were the ones people gave to my children. Wrong my kids, you wrong me. And my hurt qualifies me to forgive you. But only for the pain you caused me when you wounded them. My children alone are qualified to forgive you for what you did to them. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness eye world
Gandhi was right: if we all live by 'an eye for an eye' the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness wise justice
A wise judge may let mercy temper justice but may not let mercy undo it. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness past names
The rule is: we cannot really forgive ourselves unless we look at the failure in our past and call it by its right name. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness pain feelings
Their pain [the injurer's pain at having injured you] and your pain create the point and counterpoint for the rhythm of reconciliation. When the beat of their pain is a response to the beat of yours, they have become truthful in their feelings...they have moved a step closer to a truthful reunion. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness hurt hate
We attach our feelings to the moment when we were hurt, endowing it with immortality. And we let it assault us every time it comes to mind. It travels with us, sleeps with us, hovers over us while we make love, and broods over us while we die. Our hate does not even have the decency to die when those we hate die-for it is a parasite sucking OUR blood, not theirs. There is only one remedy for it. [forgiveness] Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness imagination miracle
God is the original, master forgiver. Each time we grope our reluctant way through the minor miracle of forgiving, we are imitating his style. I am not at all sure that any of us would have had imagination enough to see the possibilities in this way to heal the wrongs of this life had he not done it first. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness thinking feet
How many times should you forgive your household bruiser? You should not even think about forgiving him. Not yet. Not as long as he has his foot on your neck. Your problem at this point is not forgiving. Your problem is how to get out of his reach. Once you get away from him, you can think about forgiving him. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness people risk
Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it can make you a doormat or an insufferable manipulator. Forgiving seems almost unnatural. Our sense of fairness tells us people should pay for the wrong they do. But forgiving is love's power to break nature's rule. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness pain memories
Vengeance is having a videotape planted in your soul that cannot be turned off. It plays the painful scene over and over again inside your mind...And each time it plays you feel the clap of pain again...Forgiving turns off the videotape of pained memory Forgiving sets you free. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness hurt stupid
With a little time, and a little more insight, we begin to see both ourselves and our enemies in humbler profiles. We are not really as innocent as we felt when we were first hurt. And we do not usually have a gigantic monster to forgive; we have a weak, needy, and somewhat stupid human being. When you see your enemy and yourself in the weakness and silliness of the humanity you share, you will make the miracle of forgiving a little easier. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness mean healing
Spoken forgiveness, no matter how heartfelt, works best when we do not demand the response we want. I mean that when we tell people we forgive them, we must leave them free to respond to our good news however they are inclined. If the response is not what we hoped for, we can go home and enjoy our own healing in private. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness letting-go evil
When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness heart cutting
Forgiving does not usually happen at once. It is a process, sometimes a long one, especially when it comes to wounds gouged deep. And we must expect some lapses...some people seem to manage to finish off forgiving in one swoop of the heart. But when they do, you can bet they are forgiving flesh wounds. Deeper cuts take more time and can use a second coat. Lewis B. Smedes
forgiveness hurt people
Forgiveness is God's invention for coming to terms with a world in which people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply. He began by forgiving us. And He invites us all to forgive each other. Lewis B. Smedes