Forgiveness Quotes - Page 15

But she stopped herself. That wouldn't make it right. You didn't forgive because it was the only choice you thought you had. That didn't make it forgiveness, that made it desperation. She'd always been too desperate about Jake. Always.
Sarah Addison Allen
Oh, I was but a wounded BeastOh, I was but a wounded BeastTeeth gnashing from a brutal feastWolfing down with others; consuming every biteEating every poison laid before my sightI dined upon Iniquity’s endless shelfBlindly feeding, greedily…on myselfOh, I was but a wounded BeastExpiring with every taste of yeastBelly puffed and sour with deathA haunting shutter with every breathFull of nothing but vanityDipped in pleasure and tragedy Oh, I was but a wounded BeastAs the West is far from the EastI charted the lust of mine own eyesThus, in my folly…I was sure to dieMy soul knew nothing of sacrificeInstead I danced with every viceOh, I was but a wounded BeastYou found me broken and utterly fleecedNaked, abandoned and truly aloneYou nurtured the wounds to which you sewnYou gave me bread, You sang me a songAnd touched my wounds with a loving balm Oh, I was but a wounded BeastYet, You taught me wisdom’s leashSo I walk with you…dawn through nightQuenched by your fount of love and lightNo darkness, no hate not a selfish boneCan feed this fiend that You’ve atonedOh, I was, but a wounded Beast! ~Jason Neville Versey
Jason Versey
Beloved,it's impossible to sprint into the providential arms of what is ahead...if we continue to trip on what is behind.
Jason Versey
At times life orchestrates a very efficent, yet rather painful, modality to allow us to release grievances and judgements towards some people. It consists in slowly setting the stage for us to be in the same circumstances, which eventually lead us to behave exactly like those people.Each time we express hard judgments regarding what is wrong with others, a complex and long series of events is activated till we reach the moment when we can see our own finger pointing against us.There is also another way, the most efficent and painless, which does not require any complexity and long orchestration, for it simply takes place in the present. It consists in abstaining right from the beginning from any judgement towards others.
Franco Santoro
The way to transmute the pain of life is to reveal the wounded side of things, evil, even, and then place the wound inside of sacred space. The Bible is about naming, facing, and then forgiving the wounds of history.
Richard Rohr
It is we humans that need to forgive others and ourselves for all wrongs, no matter what they may be. Only by forgiveness can we move higher up in our ascension and see in truth, there was never really anything there that needed forgiving
Timothy Moran
If you want to master your past at some point in time you’ll have to learn forgiveness.
Chris Vonada
Overcome evil with good and hate with love.
Lailah Gifty Akita
All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain.
Richard Rohr
When you forgive somebody, it’s not so much for them as it is for you. You need to be free from that. And you need to rise above that.
Lacey Sturm
We must forgive those we feel have wronged us, not because they deserve to be forgiven but because we love ourselves so much we don't want to keep paying for the injustice...when someone can touch a wound and it no longer hurts you then you know you have truly forgiven.
Miguel Ruiz
She didn't care so much whether the world would ever forgive her people; but she did hope that someday, somehow, she would be able to forgive herself.
Chris Bohjalian
Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others.
Richard Rohr
A mistake does not make a shadow. The people who you hurt through the mistake and what they decide to say about it is what leaves a shadow. The only way to erase that shadow is to shed light on it. If that is not possible, moving on to somewhere brighter is always an option.
Justin David Nevins
Everything that has ever been beautiful has been burned. Like you.
Holly Lynn Payne
Perhaps one of the most powerful things the contemporary church could do is to confess our sins to the world, the humbly get on our knees and repent for the terrible things we have done in the name of God.
Shane Claiborne
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.
Rainbow Rowell
If you haven’t figured it out by now, the words grace, love, and forgiveness are nearly synonymous.
Kurt W. Bubna
Revenge is a bad policy if you gain nothing out of it, but under the same circumstances, forgiveness is even a worse one.
M.F. Moonzajer
Often we can't reach what is in front of us until we let go what is behind. Don't let your struggle become your identity.
Chris Vonada
Know how you want to be treated, and expect that when you deal with people. Also remember to give people the respect that you want.
Terraine Francois
There are two ways of knowing how good God is: one is never to lose Him, and the other is to lose Him and then to find Him.
Fulton J. Sheen
Someone's forgiveness will not heal you; condemnation or absolution is their test, not yours.
Bryant McGill
Forgive for yourself and for the peace it will bring to your pain.
Bryant McGill
Words matter, but what matters more than words is forgiveness and compassion.
Shannon L. Alder
She was busy thinking about the concept of forgiveness. It was such a lovely, generous idea when it wasn't linked to something awful that needed forgiving.
Liane Moriarty
I will look at the past, but I will not stare at it.
M. Spio
Dogs are how people would be if the important stuff is all that mattered to us.
Ashly Lorenzana
So maybe that’s what love means. Having the capacity to forgive the one who wronged you, no matter how deep the hurt was.
Wally Lamb
Dogs are special that way—you can ignore them or yell at them, they always forgive you. —Madison
Pam Torres
Forgiveness is the virtue of the courageous, the response of the forgiven, the mercy of the just.
Ron Brackin
It's impossible to sprint into the providential arms of what is ahead...if we continue to trip on what is behind.
Jason Versey
In one of their quarrels, they had begun calling each other Mister. and Misses., and since then they had never made it up enough to change it.
Carson McCullers
When you deeply and completely love yourself, you find there is nothing to forgive because everyone and everything has contributed to who you are now.
Akemi G
The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
Catherine the Great
I think forgiveness is a missing key to corporate success.
-Shandel Slaten
We will find it increasingly difficult to believe that we've been set free from sin, from the law's power to condemn, and that God's smile is resting upon us if we continually give ourselves over to what we know we should avoid. Sin strips our faith, and it leads to ultimate deadness in our lives.
Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
And that you seek forgiveness of your Lord, and then turn to Him. He will provide for you a goodly provision until an appointed term. And He will grant His grace to every one possessed of merit. And if you turn away, then surely, I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful day.
Anonymous The Quran
The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.
Bryant McGill
Through forgiveness you can be free of the tragedies and pain in other people's failures.
Bryant McGill
Forgiveness can help you to be sane.
Bryant McGill
If we choose to hold onto the past and cling to hurt, anger, or whatever, He can't set us free of it. He won't take those things by force.
Dawn M. Turner
Over time, we commit acts with intentions, either good or bad, that require forgiveness.
Emily Thorne
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.
Corrie ten Boom
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 people who killed him will never know.
Emily Thorne
Most people are only doing the best that they know how to do.Blaming and holding grudges only brings more pain.
Maggie Cox
The human is the only animal on earth that pays a thousand times for the same mistake. The rest of the animals pay only once for every mistake they make. But not us. We have a powerful memory. We make a mistake, we judge ourselves, we find ourselves guilty, and we punish ourselves.
Miguel Ruiz
All hatred is self-hatred, just as all healing is self-healing.
Eric Micha'el Leventhal
When I was a little girl my understanding of revenge was as simple as the Sunday school proverbs it hid behind. Neat little morality slogans like, do un to others and two wrongs don't make a right. But two wrongs can never make a right because; two wrongs can never equal each other. For the truly wronged real satisfaction can only be found in one of two places, absolute forgiveness or mortal vindication. This is not a story about forgiveness.
Emily Thorne
Remember that many "negative" people were conditioned by people with smaller minds and hearts, so forgive them.
Bryant McGill
It is a difficult thing―if not impossible―to forgive oneself for foolish errors, not for trampling a life or goring another with sharp horns, but for being the fool who opened the gate and let the bull out, blind to potential consequences.
Richelle E. Goodrich
You can be happy if you are willing to let go of your past and leave yourself unencumbered so you can fly freely.
Chris Prentiss
Forgiveness doesn’t excuse their behaviour. It prevents their behaviour from destroying your heart.
Hemant Smarty
Forgiveness is one of the keys to moving forward because if you don't forgive, you are stuck in the past.
Terraine Francois
Do not wallow in your mistakes. Do not grovel and prostrate yourself in hopes of forgiveness. We all make mistakes. Apologize and move forward. Do not replay the event in your head. Do not continue to beat yourself up. Do not profusely explain, defend yourself, make excuses or blame. After you apologize, do no more explaining; never explain more than once — ever.
Bryant McGill
Forgiveness is local.
Matthew C. Harrison
There is no sin that Jesus cannot forgive.
Jim George
People that hold onto hate for so long do so because they want to avoid dealing with their pain. They falsely believe if they forgive they are letting their enemy believe they are a doormat. What they don’t understand is hatred can’t be isolated or turned off. It manifests in their health, choices and belief systems. Their values and religious beliefs make adjustments to justify their negative emotions. Not unlike malware infesting a hard drive, their spirit slowly becomes corrupted and they make choices that don’t make logical sense to others. Hatred left unaddressed will crash a person’s spirit. The only thing he or she can do is to reboot, by fixing him or herself, not others. This might require installing a firewall of boundaries or parental controls on their emotions. Regardless of the approach, we are all connected on this "network of life" and each of us is responsible for cleaning up our spiritual registry.
Shannon L. Alder
... forgiveness is a four letter word: Love.
Elizabeth Marx
Matthew held out his hands. “Pax,” he said, wheedlingly. “Let it be peace between us. You can pour the rest of the port on my head.”James’ mouth curved up into a smile. It was impossible to stay angry with Matthew. It was almost impossible to get angry at Matthew.
Cassandra Clare

Related Topics

Emotional
Quotes
Called By God
Quotes
Factory
Quotes
Martyr
Quotes
Resentment
Quotes
Horrible
Quotes
Grace Divine
Quotes
Scars
Quotes