#forgive

Pounce had it easier than any of us. No one noticed a black cat in the street. He stopped here and there to sniff aught of interest. Wherever our Rat stopped, Pounce was there, close enough to see up the Rat's nose. I was so proud. Now there was a proper god, making himself useful! Since my thought might be deemed blasphemy, I said silent prayers to the Goddess and to Mithros. I begged forgiveness and asked them not to misunderstand. Since I wasn't blasted where I stood, I guess they forgave me, or they hadn't heard my blasphemy. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#gods #prayer #forgiveness

…she eventually forgave him, because she understood him. ↗

— Whitney Otto

#understanding #forgiveness

In marriage, each partner is to be an encourager rather than a critic; a forgiver rather than a collector of hurts; an enabler rather than a reformer. ↗

— H. Norman Wright

#marriage #relationships #forgiveness

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#forgiven #hypocrisy #hypocrite #itself #only

Forgiveness is the final form of love. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#final #form #love

[D]on’t cling to your self-righteous suffering, let it go. . . . Nothing is too good to be true, let yourself be forgiven. To the degree you insist that you must suffer, you insist on the suffering of others as well. (90) ↗

— Stephen Levine

#letting-go #self-righteousness #suffering #forgiveness

Forgiveness is not a one off decision; it is a journey and a process that takes time, determination, and persistence. Forgiveness is not forgetting; it is simply denying your pain the right to control your life. ↗

— Corallie Buchanan

#healing-the-past #forgiveness

Sonetimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself. ↗

— Sarah Sundin

#romance #world-war-two #forgiveness

It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for those who persecute you. (with reference to Matthew 5) ↗

— Rob Bell

#matthew- #forgiveness

Forgive me. I continue to underestimate the breadth of your ignorance. ↗

— Ransom Riggs

#forgiveness