Given Quotes - Page 13

The most miserable prison in the world is the prison we make for ourselves when we refuse to show mercy. Our thoughts become shackled, our emotions are chained, the will is almost paralyzed. But when we show mercy, all of these bonds are broken, and we enter into a joyful liberty that frees us to share God's love with others.

You never hear of a mother cursing the child; she is forgiving, always forgiving.

One of the most staggering truths of the Scriptures is to understand that we do not earn our way to heaven. ...works have a place--but as a demonstration of having received God's forgiveness, not as a badge of merit of having earned it.

Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

There is no such thing as a faithless person; we either have faith in the power of love, or faith in the power of fear. For faith is an aspect of consciousness. Have faith in love, and fear will lose its power over you. Have faith in forgiveness, and your self-hatred will fall away. Have faith in miracles, and they will come to you.

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

If it were not for repentance and forgiveness, I would become discouraged and discontinue my labors.

... Every circumstance in life, no matter how crooked and distorted and ugly it appears to be, if it is reacted to in love and forgiveness and obedience to your will can be transformed.

We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.

Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.

True forgiveness is a self-healing process which starts with you and gradually extends to everyone else.

Peace is not something you wish for, � it is something you make, something you are, something you do,�and something you give away.

The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.

The only unforgivable sin: Being unforgiving.

No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

You have to take the good with the bad, smile when you're sad, love what you've got and remember what you had...Always forgive but never forget, learn from your mistakes but never regret, people change, things go wrong, just remember, life goes on.

Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles.

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

With a little time, and a little more insight, we begin to see both ourselves and our enemies in humbler profiles. We are not really as innocent as we felt when we were first hurt. And we do not usually have a gigantic monster to forgive; we have a weak, needy, and somewhat stupid human being. When you see your enemy and yourself in the weakness and silliness of the humanity you share, you will make the miracle of forgiving a little easier.

I have never given all of myself, even vocally, to anyone. I was taught to sing on your interest, not your capital.

You may be at a crossroads in your life. You may have issues to deal with; people you need to forgive. You can go one of the two ways. You can ignore what you now know to be true and keep burying that bitterness in your life, pushing it deeper and allowing it to poison and contaminate you and those around you. Or you can make a much better choice by getting it out in the open and asking God to help you to totally forgive and let it all go.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.