132 quotes found
“You could forgive a lot if somebody was there to take care of things until you grew up.”
“She was always the first to love, first to encourage, first to forgive...for everyone but herself.”
“And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?”
“No one can or will ever feel your pain as much as you. Forgive yourself for the past, seize the gift of the present moment.”
“For the past couple of nights when I'd lain down beside her, after she'd called asleep and I knew she couldn't hear me, I'd promised her that she'd never have to forgive me again if she could do it...”
“Forgive and love again.”
“Any act would be forgiven him, but the act itself would remain; what he would leave in the world would be the shame and hurt he forced upon others. This could not be.”
“Accept, forgive and forget. Forgive not only the people who hurt us, but also forgive ourselves, accepting whatever is the outcome, then forget the wrongs, learn from them and move on. Holding on t...”
“I hoped and prayed that they would someday forgive me for leaving them. I hoped and prayed that I would someday forgive myself for leaving them.”
“But my grandmother wanted us to forgive her murderer.”
“There must not be any single person in the world whom you should allow to rent a portion of your heart. Don't hold grudge. Forgive and move on...”
“I forgive people but that doesnt mean I accept their behavior or trust them. I forgive them for me, so I can let go and move on with my life.”
“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...”
“Sometimes the smallest things are so damn unforgivable. Maybe because they aren't small—they only seem that way to someone else. You never know what someone holds scared until it's too late.”
“At times we must forgive others even when they don’t deserve it. We forgive them because we deserve it. Free yourself.”
“The ultimate form of forgiveness is in comprehending there’s nothing to forgive.”
“Few suffer more than those who refuse to forgive themselves.”
“There’s a destructive power in unforgiveness and unforgiveness controls you in a negative way. It’s time to let it all go! You become strong when you genuinely forgive. You become empowered when yo...”
“You can’t move on, if you haven’t forgiven yourself, yet.”
“God doesn’t care how well you can preach about forgiveness… what He looks at is your behavior when presented the opportunity to practice it.”