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.

This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness.

A heart filled with anger has no room for love.

I wasted a lot of time being angry, time I can’t get back. And now I see you, so angry about what happened to your marriage, and I just want to tell you, at some...

But if you seek forgiveness, doesn’t that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn’t that desperation make you human again?

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

There is a payoff for examining the divine author’s literary style. It will tell you something about Him. Whereas, Jonah’s actions are extensively described and laboriously detailed, God’s reactions (although miraculous) are only described in...

You shouldn’t ask for forgiveness. Because if you ask someone to forgive you, and they do, then that’s twice that you’ve taken something from them. First the betrayal, and then the absolution.

But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it...

Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can’t forgive.

I have been lately introduced to the famous Thomas Paine, and like him very well. He is vain beyond all belief, but he has reason to be vain, and for my part I forgive him....

I’m sorry Penelope.” “Don’t waste my time with sorries,Simon.If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other’s toes,we’ll never have time to be friends.

What power has love but forgiveness?In other wordsby its interventionwhat has been donecan be undone.What good is it otherwise?

Did she say anything before she died?” he asked.”Yes,” the surgeon said. “She said, ‘Forgive him'””Forgive him?” my father asked.”I think she was referring to the drunk driver who killed her.”Wow.My grandmother’s last act on...

If forgiveness is medicine for the soul, then gratitude is vitamins.

There is nothing noble about suffering except the love and forgiveness with which we meet it. Many believe that if they are suffering they are closer to God, but I have met very few who...

Sincere forgiveness isn’t colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don’t worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its...

When someone you love dies, you are given the gift of “second chances”. Their eulogy is a reminder that the living can turn their lives around at any point. You’re not bound by the past;...

Even for high school students we expect some degree of forgiveness particularly for those students that have only been here a short period of time whether it’s Katrina or Rita. We expect less forgiveness for...

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.

… 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...