Best 1057 quotes in «forgiving quotes» category

I hated him for as long as I could. But then I realized that loving him...that was a part of me, and one of the best parts. It didn't matter that he couldn't love me, that had nothing to do with it. But if I couldn't forgive him, then I could not love him, and that part of me was gone. And I found eventually that I wanted it back." ({Lord John, Drums of Autumn}

I hated my father all my life but in his final days I forgave him for all the suffering he caused us. As you grow older, marry, and have children of you own, you learn and forget. I do not forget easily, but I do forgive.

I have a dream that America will pray and God will forgive us our sins.

I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that you should take of yourself and of all events is: what a glorious circus train this has been, and what a wonderful messy parade, and all of those steps took me here, where I precisely need to be now, so God bless it.

I have always thought of Christmas time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.

I have died so little today, friend, forgive me.

I have grown more forgiving. I accept that not everything is for me. I'm not as in love with my own opinions as I used to be. And anger is not something that comes to me as quickly as it once did.

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

I have never targeted Muslims. I have never targeted Jews. I believe that we should declare the fact that God loves you, God's willing to forgive you, God can change you, and Christ and his kingdom is open to anybody who repents and by faith receives him as lord and savior.

I have no doubts that the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my “literary” sins – The other kind don’t matter.

I love you Just coz Please forgive me I'm soz

I have often heard it said that the Irish are too ready to forgive. It is a noble failing.

I have seen that every one forgives much in themselves that they find unpardonable in other people.

I have tried to write Paradise Do not move Let the wind speak that is paradise. Let the Gods forgive what I have made Let those I love try to forgive what I have made.

I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.

I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way tonight.

I'ma forgive all the people that took my kindness as weakness. I'ma forgive anyone who never hit me back. I'ma forgive all ya'll. I won't forget.

I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.

I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.

I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.

I'm not a spiteful man, never been. I always forgive. The final decision isn't mine, but God's. God knows what He does.

I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.

... I'm much closer to the people at the bottom than the people at the top, and the latter won't forgive me for it.

I'm willing to forgive the press, or forgive anybody,I was taught to love and forgive,which I do have in my heart,but please don't believe these crazy, horrifying things.

I'm tired of everybody. Please forgive me.

In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.

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

I'm too old to recover, too narrow to forgive myself.

I must forgive without noise or fuss.

In a man they forgive anything. In a woman nothing.

In Christianity, it's very clear that the god we worship is equal to love. The bible says, 'God is love'. The god we worship was sacrificed, crucified on the cross, tortured, spit on, and was still forgiving. This is our highest example.

In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.

I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

I never forgive attacks on my work.

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

In forgiving an injury be somewhat ceremonious, lest your magnanimity be construed as indifference.

In love, there really is no "Right" and "Wrong". You just have to decide what you're willing to forgive

In family matters you can get over anything. That's one thing you'll learn as an adult. There's a lot you have to learn which is a lot worse than that. You'd never think of forgiving a friend for some of the things your parents did to you. But with friends it's different. Friends aren't the roll of the dice.

Inner Forgiveness is therapeutic. If you do not Forgive you cannot be Internally Healed. Forgiving heals the Soul.

In order to heal oneself, we must learn how to forgive.

In our relations with the people around us, we forgive them more readily for what they do, which they can help, than for what they are, which they cannot help.

It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good grounds for complaining of him; his pride is not assuaged till he has regained the advantages he lost and put the other person in the wrong.

Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.

In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said seventy times seven. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.

In the moral calculus of currently prevailing state capitalism, profits and bonuses in the next quarter greatly outweigh concern for the welfare of one’s grandchildren, and since these are institutional maladies, they will not be easy to overcome. While much remains uncertain, we can assure ourselves, with fair confidence, that future generations will not forgive us our silence and apathy.

In the olden days, a memoir was something written by Churchill and people like that, because they had a grand experience and considered it useful for future generations. And then it became what it became - a public purging in which other people have the chance to judge you and then forgive you, perhaps learning something from your sorry example.

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.

I place an enormous premium on loyalty. If someone betrays me, I can forgive them rationally, but emotionally I have found it impossible to do so.

I remember everything but forgive anyway.