Quotes about forgiveness
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. Nelson Mandela
forgiveness letting-go spiritual
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. Nelson Mandela
forgiveness world capacity
Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves. Nhat Hanh
forgiveness peace practice
The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions. Nhat Hanh
forgiveness letting-go heart
Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in your heart. Nhat Hanh
forgiveness easter mistake
It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. Jessamyn West
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 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. Oprah Winfrey
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. Mark Twain
forgiveness boys forgiving
I could forgive the boy, now, if he'd committed a million sins! Mark Twain
forgiveness forgiving
When women love us they forgive everything. Honore de Balzac
forgiveness pedestal lovers
No woman allows her lover to descend from his pedestal. Even a god is not forgiven the slightest pettiness. Honore de Balzac
forgiveness bears debtors
Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest. Honore de Balzac
forgiveness heart expression
If there be any who nurture in their hearts the poisonous brew of enmity toward another, I plead with you to ask the Lord for strength to forgive. This expression of desire will be of the very substance of your repentance. It may not be easy, and it may not come quickly. But if you will seek it with sincerity and cultivate it, it will come. And even though he whom you have forgiven continues to pursue and threaten you, you will know you have done what you could to effect a reconciliation. There will come into your heart a peace otherwise unattainable. Gordon B. Hinckley
forgiveness wise stars
Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying. Harry Anderson
forgiveness grants offense
It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others. Horace
forgiveness persons
Forgiveness is not about the other person or what they did. Forgiveness is for YOU and about YOU. Iyanla Vanzant
forgiveness heart forgiving
Everything is just as it needs to be. And if we would forgive, our minds and hearts would open and we could see another possibility. Iyanla Vanzant
forgiveness anger angry-man
Don't let the sun go down on me. Elton John
forgiveness heart sorrow
And he who has dwelt with his heart alone, Hears all the music in friendship's tone. So better and better I comprehend How sorrow ever would be our friend. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
forgiveness war eye
There was hell in her eyes! She was worn and jaded Her soul is at war with the life she has led. As I looked on that face so strangely faded I wonder God did not strike me dead... Ella Wheeler Wilcox
forgiveness mistake errors
Through strife the slumbering soul awakes, We learn on error's troubled route The truths we could not prize without The sorrow of our sad mistakes. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
forgiveness long pardon
We pardon as long as we love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
forgiveness forgiving injury
Hath any wronged thee? be bravely revenged; slight it, and the work is begun; forgive it, and it is finished; he is below himself that is not above an injury. Francis Quarles
forgiveness forgiving forgotten
Forgotten is forgiven. F. Scott Fitzgerald
forgiveness forgiving littles
The moment an individual can accept and forgive him or herself, even a little, is the moment in which he or she becomes to some degree lovable. Eugene Kennedy