Forgiving Quotes - Page 5

Don't look for any other state than the one you are in now; otherwise, you will set up inner conflict and unconscious resistance. Forgive yourself for not being at peace. The moment you completely accept your non-peace, your non-peace becomes transmuted into peace. Anything you accept fully will get you there, will take you into peace. This is the miracle of surrender.

And there, right in the middle of it, I find 'Forgive us our sins as we forgive those that sin against us.' There is no slightest suggestion that we are offered forgiveness on any other terms. It is made perfectly clear that if we do not forgive we shall not be forgiven.

We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it--because we need it.

To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.

God forgives man the time spent looking at airplane photos.

Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so when the provocation is extreme. For it is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.

We almost always forgive those we understand.

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

Do not wait another day to become fully engaged in your life, to learn to love and to forgive, and to live with greater purpose & meaning.

The only unforgivable sin: Being unforgiving.

The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

It is important to know who your friends are and to stay, remain loyal to your friends, despite what you hear, despite the mistakes that are made in friendships and misunderstandings that commonly occur, to be able to forgive and to move on, you have to be able to remember the values of friendship.

I can forgive, I just can't forget.

In marriage, everyday you love,and everyday you forgive.It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness

We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.

To live is to love,to serve, to forgive. Love the One, love and serve humanity. To learn to love oneself and to love is to learn to forgive

If you feel you can't forgive, ask God to penetrate your unforgiveness with His love. When we have to do the impossible, God says that the way it happens is "not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit" (Zechariah 4:6). This means that certain things will not be accomplished by human strength, but only by the power of God. The Holy Spirit will enable us to forgive even the unforgivable.

The difference between justice and forgiveness: To be just is to condemn the fault and, because of the fault, to condemn the doer as well. To forgive is to condemn the fault but to spare the doer. That's what the forgiving God does.

I can't forgive a woman who is irresponsible and dishonest

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

I'm home. I hope the Manchester United fans forgive me for being late.

Show mercy. No soul ever was made poor by loving too much, or injured by forgiving too often.