Best 1057 quotes in «forgiving quotes» category

You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.

You cannot forget the past but you can forgive it.

You cannot travel back in time to fix your mistakes, but you can learn from them and forgive yourself for not knowing better.

You can't forgive your sin. Only God can.

You can work on healing, uplifting, and changing situations from a place of forgiveness, instead of from a place of resentment. Forgive yourself and everyone, and you are free!

You cutting the lawn, fixing the machines, all this leprous day and then more vodka, more soda and the pond forgiving our bodies, the pond sucking out the throb.

You didn't have to come after me." "Yes, I did," he said. "You're far too inexperienced to protect yourself in a hostile situation without me." "That's sweet. Maybe I'll forgive you." "Forgive me? Fro what?" "Fro telling me to shut up." His eyes narrowed. "I did not... Well, I did, But you were-" "Never mind.

You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.

You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

You get work however you get work. People keep working, in a freelance world, and more and more of today's world is freelance, because their work is good, and because they are easy to get along with, and because they deliver the work on time. And you don't even need all three. Two out of three is fine. People will tolerate how unpleasant you are if your work is good and you deliver it on time. They'll forgive the lateness of the work if it's good, and if they like you. And you don't have to be as good as the others if you're on time and it's always a pleasure to hear from you.

You have a tremendous advantage over the man who does you an injury: You have it within your power to forgive him, while he has no such advantage over you.

You have to forgive everybody. It's the best beauty treatment.

You I am sure will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity and be more of an artist, and 'load every rift' of your subject with ore.

You have to learn how to turn the tables on the ego. The only way to forgive what is within is to forgive what seems to be without.

You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self.

You need to learn to accept your flaws and forgive yourself.

You must learn to forgive yourself as easily as you forgive others. And then take a further step and use all that energy that you used in condemning yourself for improving yourself. After that I really started to get somewhere - because there's only one person you can change and that's yourself. After you have changed yourself, you might be able to inspire others to look for change.

You never forget your first kiss. And that's what makes it so hard to forgive my uncle.

You only find your Teacher once in many lifetimes. Never be afraid to see them and meditate with them. Your Teacher always understands and always forgives.

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.

You negotiate in bad faith if you do not forgive your adversary.

You never so touch the ocean of God's love as when you forgive and love your enemies.

You're peculiar, you're aggravating, yet you're easy to forgive. You say you're seventeen?..How odd. How strange. And my wife thirty and yet you seem so much older at times. I can't get over it.

You refuse to forgive people, and yet on the Day of Judgment you will stand bare, begging Allah to forgive you.

Your fellowship with God flows freely when you're willing to forgive, but it gets blocked by unforgiveness.

You should be forgiving when others make mistakes, but not when the mistakes are in you. You should be patient under duress yourself, but not when it affects others.

Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart!

You should forgive your enemies and if you haven't any, just forgive a few of your friends.

You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.

You think God will never forgive you, but the only God is beauty and beauty always forgives. It forgives with its infinite indifference.

You think I should be as forgiving as you are? We can’t all be saints and martyrs.

You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me." I, also M. Ratchett." What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said.

You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.

A person with a forgiving heart knows where happiness dwells.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

A while ago?” Anaxantis asked. “Yes, he raped me a while ago. Exactly nine months and two days ago. What's that? Nine months or nine minutes. It's the same. And it is in the past, you say? Then why is it still happening, every day, every time I close my eyes? Every time I hear someone behind me, and I don't know who it is? How is it that I get an almost irresistible urge to kill anyone who happens to touch me unexpectedly? Tell me, Hemarchidas, how do I forgive, let alone forget, something that is still happening, that keeps happening over and over? How? How do I do that?

Auntie An-mei had cried before she left for China, thinking she would make her brother very rich and happy by communist standards. But when she got home, she cried to me that everyone had a palm out and she was the only one who left with an empty hand.

Forgiveness is valuable and important to relationships, but if your instinct is to withhold forgiveness, it is probably a good one.

By forgiving we become free.

Forgiveness is the highest degree of a trust in a better man

Forgive nothing until you are good and ready to, especially if there has been no indication that the behavior causing you distress has changed.

Forgiving others is having power over the stars, forgiving yourself is having power over the moon.

Baba always used to say that as we age, things change, we become more rigid, and then eventually, most of us, become forgiving again. He called it the cycle of life.

Be happy by forgiving or forgetting or doing both, but we can gain no happiness by holding grudges.

Being forgiven is like having all the worst bits of yourself stuffed into a balloon and then having that balloon set free.

By forgiving, we become free to renew ourselves and open the joyful golden gate of abundance.

Can you forgive her? Can you do that? There was no response. Because if you can start to forgive, then it will become easier. And? And then you will be able to forgive yourself—and ask others to forgive you.

Christopher felt as if he were being followed. He actually glanced over his shoulder, half expecting to see death or the devil. It was the kind of morbid thought that had plagued him so mercilessly after the war. But far less often lately. All because of Beatrix. He felt a sudden pull in his chest, a yearning to go wherever she was, find her and draw her tightly against him. Last night it had seemed impossible to talk to her. Today he thought it might be easier. He would do anything to try and be the husband she needed. It would not be done in one fell swoop. But she was patient, and forgiving, and Dear Lord, he loved her for it.

Communicating is not the same as forgiving. Forgiving is communicating while contemplating life.

Don't wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly... lead the way!