Forgiveness Quotes - Page 32

To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.

At times anger will trigger harsh words. After a cooling the ability to speak from the heart with love and compassion.

It is possible to have pardon without forgiveness-a murderer can be pardoned by the governor, but that does not mean the victim's family has forgiven him. And there can be forgiveness without pardon.

The sin That neither God nor man can well forgive.

Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.

My great idea is that we must forgive the Pope. First of all, he needs it more than anyone else. Besides, it is the only way of placing oneself above him.

I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side. My sincere wish is that both sides will allow bygones to be bygones, and look to the present & future only.

Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be.

To understand is not only to pardon, but in the end to love.

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.

It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

Forgive the person who has caused the most pain in your life and it will make you feel better.

the heart that is truly virtuous is ever inclined to pity and forgive the errors of its fellow-creatures.

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 does not overlook the deed. It rises above it.

Now, there was an anchorite called Timothy in a coenobium. The abbot, having heard of a brother who was being tempted, asked Timothy about him, and the anchorite advised him to drive the brother away. Then when he had been driven away, the brother's temptation fell upon Timothy to the point where he was in danger. Then Timothy stood up before God and said, "I have sinned. Forgive me." Then a voice came which said to him, "Timothy, the only reason I have done this to you is because you despised your brother in the time of his temptation."

Give plenty of what is given to you, And listen to pity's call. Don't think the little you give is great, And the much you get is small.

They who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time, may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.

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.

To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides.

Our journey is demanding enough that the need for reassurance as well as reminders is constant.

Forgiveness is as wide as repentance.

Our key to transforming anything lies in our ability to reframe it.

The enslaver is enslaved, the hater, harmed.

The sign of sincere love is to forgive wrongs done to us. It was with such love that the Lord loved the world.