#ene

Forgiveness in no way requires you to trust the one you forgive. It doesn't mean the relationship must be restored. p. 61 ↗

— Roberta Fish

#inspirational #forgiveness

In my eyes you're perfect, until you lie to me. Betraying my trust is something I can forgive, but never forget. Stay perfect. ↗

— D.C. Akers

#forgiveness

Did you ever want something so deeply you were scared to let yourself have it? Like a desire so great you know you will never forgive yourself if you fail. So you hang back. And then you wake up one day and you realize if you don't do it now, it will move out of reach forever. ↗

— Nicole Mones

#forgiveness

There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things left undone that day. Things that did not go right, things that seemed OK at the time because we could not see the future. If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless. ↗

— John Green

#memories #regret #forgiveness

The immoral woman in Luke 7 has the faith to anticipate Christ's forgiveness. She can act in love with no words to justify. ↗

— Jenn Thoman

#forgiveness #justification #worship #faith

Richard Nixon was a serial collector of resentments. ↗

— Rick Perlstein

#resentment #forgiveness

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. I have heard others, and I have heard myself, recounting cruelties and falsehoods committed in boyhood as if they were no concern of the present speaker's, and even with laughter. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin. The guilt is washed out not by time but by repentance and the blood of Christ: if we have repented these early sins we should remember the price of our forgiveness and be humble. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#guilt #humility #repentance #sin #time

Loss of social standing is an ever-present threat for individuals whose social acceptance is based on behavioral traits rather than unconditional human value. ↗

— Melissa V. Harris-Perry

#forgiveness #humanism #shame #forgiveness

Forgiving was the hardest thing. Sometimes forgiving was the hardest thing in the whole world. ↗

— Sergei Lukyanenko

#forgiveness #hard #impossible #forgiveness

There is no point in burying the hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site. ↗

— Sydney Harris

#forgiveness