#forgive

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. ↗

— Ryan Winfield

#forgiving #pain #forgiveness

There are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or reckless, but if you do that same thing twice, you're on your own. ↗

— Jennifer E. Smith

#mistakes #forgiveness

أسأل : إذا كانت الظروف القاسية هي التي تجعل الناس قساة القلوب ، و اذا كان النجاح هو الذي يلينها و يجعلها غاية في التسامح ؟! ↗

— حنان الشيخ

#forgiveness

There was a time I stopped talking, just like you. My reasons were a little bit different, but... I think the feelings of being ashamed of myself and hating myself... are the same. Here it says "to like yourself." What does that mean? Good things---how are you supposed to find them? I only know things that I hate about myself. Because that's all I know: I hate myself. Even if your force yourself to find good things... it feels so empty. It doesn't work that way. People like your teacher just don't get it. I think... when you hear someone say they like you for the first time... then you can begin to like yourself. I think when someone accepts you for the first time... you feel like you can forgive yourself a little. You can begin to face your fears. ~Yuki ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#self-esteem #forgiveness

Forgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person's throat. ↗

— Wm. Paul Young

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We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need itwe need it. ↗

— Bree Despain

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In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkof was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harboured and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America. His answer..."I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#god #quip #terrorist #forgiveness

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life. ↗

— Joan Lunden

#back #forgiveness #gives #headache #holding

Peter is ... adjusting. He's back in school, and he's doing quite well. I wish you could find it in your heart to forgive him." "I've got this funny resentful streak about people who try to kill me. ↗

— Josh Lanyon

#forgiveness

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed? ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#maturity #mercy #forgiveness