Forgiving Quotes - Page 14

There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world,--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills. Men take one who has offended, and set him down before the blowpipe of their indignation, and scorch him, and burn his fault into him; and when they have kneaded him sufficiently with their fiery fists, then--they forgive him.

We are all prone to brood on the evil done us. That brooding becomes as a gnawing and destructive canker. Is there a virtue more in need of application in our time than the virtue of forgiving and forgetting? There are those who would look upon this as a sign of weakness. Is it? I submit that it takes neither strength nor intelligence to brood in anger over wrongs suffered, to go through life with a spirit of vindictiveness, to dissipate one’s abilities in planning retribution. There is no peace in the nursing of a grudge. There is no happiness in living for the day when you can ‘get even.

In reality, not one of us will ever be worthy. It is useless to attempt earning it; you'll never feel ready. It is unknown and uncomfortable. But there really is a God who forgives everything and loves endlessly.

I'm tired of everybody. Please forgive me.

Be kind to everyone; forgive everyone everything.

Forgive yourself and be ready to forgive yourself in the future. You're gonna screw up. It's okay.

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.

I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.

Trust that whatever you are dealing with, whatever doorway to crisis you experience, it is leading you to a greater lesson in liwing where ideally the power of love is what you learn. Forgive, and broadcast your excitement to be alive.

Sometimes you forgive people simply becuase you still want them in your life.

The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher's knife.

The [stock] market,like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.

It's an interesting thing to be in your forties and evaluate success and take ownership of some disasters and some pain and try to forgive a little bit - yourself and others.

There is a very big forgiving side in me that keeps me very light in my heart and happy.

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.

Know that truth, forgiveness, and love can heal the world. Imagine if all of us could be truthful with ourselves, start forgiving everyone, and start loving everyone. We would no longer be selfish, gossiping would be over, and we would no longer judge one another. The world would become a place where all of us live in love.

Part of forgiving people is releasing them from our own agendas.

Let's forgive the past and who we were then. Let's embrace the present and who we're capable of becoming. Let's surrender the future and watch miracles unfold.

An eye for an eye." "And the whole world goes blind," Coral puts in quietly.

I do forgive people when they get it right, even people who in the past I thought were unforgivable.

A lack of forgiveness is a waste of time and it's very enriching to forgive and move on but those are things that come with time.

I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy.

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

It bothers them that instead of taking on the role of abandoned lover, I have become a happy wife. They relish seeing strong women like you and me humiliated. They cannot forgive us that we triumphed where so many others fail...Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a world that is out of balance, in favor of men. That is why they work so hard to mistreat and destroy us.

I forgive all personal weaknesses except egomania and pretension.