Best 1057 quotes in «forgiving quotes» category

A person with a forgiving heart knows where happiness dwells.

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.

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?

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.

By forgiving we become free.

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.

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.

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!

During these hard times in the world we should always remember to keep our families and friends close.

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.

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

Forgiving is not easy when you're still hurting.

If I’m right,’ she said, ‘and you have all sorts of juicy information in that dossier of yours, you’ll know that I am an abnormally forgiving person, even of those who have used me and hurt me more than one person deserves to be hurt. But right this second, I am looking forward to the day you rot in hell.

Getting angry is like burning yourself with other people’s fires. Let us stop it by being kind and forgiving like water.

Her years in Gibson started a healing process. It began with faith, and forgiving. But healing didn't mean forgetting. But maybe forgetting wasn't necessary. The memories of her childhood provided a backdrop, a place to begin the changes that would make life better. She knew who she didn't want to be.

Humility makes us more friendly Happiness makes us more lively. Love makes us more caring Dream makes us more daring. Trust makes us more forgiving Kindness makes us more loving. Hope gives us the joy of dreaming Peace gives us the joy of living.

I eventually came to understand that in harboring the anger, the bitterness and resentment towards those that had hurt me, I was giving the reins of control over to them. Forgiving was not about accepting their words and deeds. Forgiving was about letting go and moving on with my life. In doing so, I had finally set myself free.

Forgiveness takes intelligence, discipline, imagination, and persistence, as well as a special psychological strength, something athletes call mental toughness and warriors call courage.

God can take the ordinary and create the extraordinary. Our incredible God has the power to transform your simple life and give you the life of your dreams. Remarkable things happen in your life when you believe.

Humility helps us come to terms with what we cannot know. Patience takes the edge off when the hurt continues. Empathy is the gift that connects us with others. Forgiving ourselves for having such perfectly human reactions is harder than forgiving whatever caused them.

...if a person remains in a state of unforgiveness the Spirit of the Lord will allow tormentors to enter him. That's what Christ told Peter when the disciple asked, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" (Matt. 18:21).

if love is not the answer, make sure to change the question.

I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises on my face.

Maybe in the end, not letting yourself forgive someone — you were the one who paid the price for that, nobody else.

Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive.

It takes a strong person to say sorry, and an ever stronger person to forgive.

Maintain a forgiving attitude!

My problem stemmed from not forgiving myself.

Moral obligations verses Legal obligations. Legally, you must abide by the laws of the land or face the consequences of being fined, imprisoned or both. Moral obligations tend to lean more towards a spiritual nature of a person. Some people perform immoral acts because legally there are no consequences. Morals birth in the heart of the individual. Moral characteristics are developed at an early age and continue into adulthood. It's a disgrace to neglect having good moral character.

No. You hurt people because you didn't have any idea what love really was. You were trying to understand it in the only way you knew how. It’s horrible, yes. But it’s forgivable. I forgive you. I forgive a thousand worse things you may have done. I can forgive anything.

Once you start questioning your beliefs, that's when it's all over. It is truly doubt that kills our conviction.

Our ability to forgive depends more on how much we love than on how much we are loved.

See how forgiving - how brave nature is.

The more you are able to forgive then the more you are able to love.

The purpose of life is to be happy by loving, giving, and forgiving.

Mercy is mercy.

My wish for us is that (in 2016) we obtain the power to be healthier, think more positively, and be more compassionate and forgiving. Hoping for a sunny year and that we can enjoy and feel the sun-rays, next to ‘just’ feeling warmer!

Not forgiving someone is like taking a poison and expecting the other person to die from it.

Ordinary points of bravery, the synchronistic moments we all engage in, and the transformative power of minding our voices, forgiving, trusting, and learning to love ourselves and our lives, while we wait.

Self love and forgiveness is a liberation.

So Anna did not blame the women of her time for what they had created; it was different only in kind from what she had made herself. And if the old soldiers wanted only to forgive, Anna understood that, too, though in her own memory she could no longer find anything that needed forgiving. In the sunlight by her cousin’s grave, she would touch the black ostrich plume in her hat—the plume that, like herself, grew a little older and little more frayed every year—and think about what all of it meant to her. Down the hill slept the soldiers, and she would visit certain of them in a little while, and the thought of them—their faces, their voices, their particular ways—always made her smile. General Nathan Bedford Forrest himself told her once that she had seen the last of a great army, but he was wrong in that, for they still moved out there in the sunlight, all of them. He was right about one thing though: there was no shame in it, not ever.

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

The things that may change our world to make better; smiling, helping, respecting, loving & forgiving.

True happiness is not money in the bank or a fancy home-it's a forgiving heart filled with love and gratitude