Forgiveness is not a gift you give someone else, forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself.

See you later.”2. Step outside.3. Close the door.I don’t want to, really. I want to go back inside and believe Gordon’s words,like a child believing in a fairy tale, and I want to escape this...

That’s one of the things we learn as we grow older — how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty.

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

There are times in every person’s life when they feel lonely, isolated, like maybe they don’t belong. For adoptees, this is often exacerbated by the circumstances. Because you were given up, you have a built-in...

If you’re brave enough to love, and forgive, and call up the factofabulous memories… there’s no curse in the world that has any power over you.

Love is divine.Forgiveness is divine. Forgive for the love for yourself and others. Forgiveness is a spiritual healing for the person who forgives.

… Papa’s always had the ability to remember the good things and let the bad ones go.” “Not a bad ability.””… I’m not sure. I think we have to remember it all before we can...

I’ve never heard anyone say “I wish I hadn’t forgiven.

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

… I have dreams of you too, Mariam jo. I miss you. I miss the sound of your voice, your laughter. I miss reading to you, and all those times we fished together. Do you...

There is no need returning anger to those who made your past horrible, do not think of making them feel bitter, maybe a help from you can just make them ashame and miserable, and can...

if the goddes can forgive her, can’t we?””I think there’s a big difference between forgiving her and makin her into something she wasn’t just because she’s dead

She was busy thinking about the concept of forgiveness. It was such a lovely, generous idea when it wasn’t linked to something awful that needed forgiving.

Sometimes a person needs to hear you forgive them so they can start to forgive themselves.

We watched, and he taught us like he did every day we were with him. He showed us how to forgive.

I think you’re under no obligation whatsoever to forgive anything, to forget anything. You’re not required to push away the years of abuse because the abuser now chooses to be sober and in his sobriety...

So maybe that’s what love means. Having the capacity to forgive the one who wronged you, no matter how deep the hurt was.

In the photograph by my bed my other is perpetually smiling on me. I guess I have forgiven us both, although sometimes in the night my dreams will take me back to the sadness, and...

The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.

Love, not anger, brought Jesus to the cross. Golgotha came as a result of God’s great desire to forgive, not his reluctance. Jesus knew that by his vicarious suffering he could actually absorb all the...

Perhaps one of the most powerful things the contemporary church could do is to confess our sins to the world, the humbly get on our knees and repent for the terrible things we have done...

My problem stemmed from not forgiving myself.

The truest grace is not to forgive, but to have never found fault.

Can I be forgiven for all I’ve done to get here?I want to be.I can.I believe it.

Lets try to put last year’s problems behind us and make what’s bright now, for last year is not now.

What seems like the right thing to do could also be the hardest thing you have ever done in your life

Forgiveness. The ability to forgive oneself. Stop here for a few breaths and think about this because it is the key to making art, and very possibly the key to finding any semblance of happiness...

The moment after being let go, when we can finally let it go, is the moment when love once again has hope.

You have the power to take away someone’s happiness by refusing to forgive. That someone is you.

She would not allow herself to remember how Note had treated her, and many others too, she suspected. She had forgiven him, yes, but she still did not like to remember. And perhaps a deliberate...

Guard your heart and mind against double-minded pretentious beings. Do not allow infiltration beyond the surface. If their influence travels on the inside, they become like an incurable disease.

Jesus is not a religious leader; He is a Savior. You can enjoy His extravagant love even right after you fall into your extravagant sin.

There’s a small window of opportunity to apologize sometimes after you’ve terribly wronged someone. It closes. Sometimes forever, but it never opens wide enough again for a good breeze.

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage.” ~Samuel Johnson

Nakao: Koizumi, I’m so sorry I said such cruel things.Otani: What’s that?Nakao: The whispering of your heart.

Deep down inside, each of us knows what our truths are. It is forgivable to lose them…It is unforgivable not to reclaim them.

Happiness is a state of awareness, which comes from tranquility, service, love, grace, and forgiveness.

I had talks with my American colleague, (Treasury Secretary) John Snow, which created the basis on which the forgiveness of Iraqi debt can be settled mutually in the Paris Club.

sometimes forgiving someone it’s not because he’s really sorry and deserved it, but because we were worthy of tranquility.

Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to forgive the people you love.

Absolution is the most powerful form of forgiveness. A full pardon from suspicion and accountability. It’s the liberation of a stolen future. A future my father never lived to see. Absolution is a mercy the...

I had thought about forgiveness more and more…I knew it wasn’t a light that could be switched on in an instant-it grew day by day, week by week, month by month-but something was changing inside...

A long held belief based on a perceived reality that is rooted in a diminishing view of yourself or others probably is not serving you.Today is a good day to let go of one of...

You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.

I cannot hate any man!

Reiz es gribēju pakārt laupītāju, bet tas sāpēja viņa mātei. Un mātes bēdas sāpēja viņa māsai, un meitas sāpes sāpēja viņas dārzam: puķes novīta un ābeles nobirdināja nega­tavus augļus, jo meita ziedā aiz bēdām aizmirsa...

Oh, you’ve outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness. The ring’s a promise of peace and I’m greedy with hope. It’s a song that we sing in a tongue that we share. And though...

achieving true sobriety goes beyond abstinence. it’s also about healing your soul, apologizing for damage you did to other, and seeking forgiveness.

It’s crazy what a heart blinded by love can lead you to believe.