Forgiving Quotes - Page 21

Only God Forgives was very much a generation gap in a way. It was all the youth of the world that embraced it. I make films for young people. That's what I will continue to do.

Jesus died as He had lived-praying, forgiving, loving, sacrificing, trusting, quoting Scripture. If I die as I have lived, how will I die?

The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them

I'm ready to forgive him for the desire to be a king, but not for wanting to have 23 million court jesters.

Forgive yourself. The supreme act of forgiveness is when you can forgive yourself for all the wounds you've created in your own life. Forgiveness is an act of self-love. When you forgive yourself, self-acceptance begins and self-love grows.

I'm willing to forgive the press, or forgive anybody, I was taught to love and forgive, which I do have in my heart.

God forgives somehow we have yet to learn the same.

When we pray for God to illumine our path, we are saying, ‘Dear God, please show me the way. What thoughts do I need to think, to be able to navigate my life at this point? What perceptions do I need; what insights will guide me? Who do I need to forgive? What parts of my personality do I need to look at; what changes do I need to make? Please come upon me and heal my life. Amen.

To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.

We forgive when we give up attachment to our wounds.

We forgive freely or we do not really forgive at all.

Forgive your enemies, but first get even.

One must put oneself in every one's position. To understand everything is to forgive everything.

The brave only know how to forgive.

A coward never forgives.

I know about forgiving people and loving them anyway, even after they hurt you.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

Your fellowship with God flows freely when you're willing to forgive, but it gets blocked by unforgiveness.

People will forgive anything but beauty and talent. So I am doubly unpardonable.

We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them -- to try to understand what you have done, why you have done it. That way, you can begin to forgive yourself. That's very important. If you don't forgive yourself you'll never be able to forgive anybody else and you'll go on committing the same crimes forever.

Forgiveness saves the expense of anger.

My dogs forgive anger in me, the arrogance in me, the brute in me. They forgive everything I do before I forgive myself.

It is hard to witness to truth to people who believe truth is relative. It is hard to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to people who believe that, since morality is relative, they have no sins to forgive.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.