#forgiveness

...It's not that the worm forgives the plough; it gives it no mind. (Pain occurs, in passing.) (lines 37-39 in the poem 'Fantasia on a Theme from IKEA') ↗

— Philip Gross

#poetry #wales #forgiveness

None of us deserve the good things that come our way. It's by grace, love and forgiveness that any of us experience joy. ↗

— J.B. McGee

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I'm here to tell you, there ain't much forgiveness in that old-time religion. That particular savior was a mean son of a bitch. If you sinned, honey, he was going to get you, no doubt about it. ↗

— Ava Gardner

#forgiveness #god #humor #religion #sin

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are. ↗

— Cherie Carter-Scott

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Breaking away from Gideon with some reluctance, Sophie rose to her feet and dusted off her dress. "Please forgive me, my dear Mr. Lightwood- I mean Gideon- but I must go and murder the cook. I shall be directly back. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#gideon #love #sophie #forgiveness

You're a big boy, No. You'll figure something out. Just make sure it includes the groveling." -Abby It come to all of us. Especially those of us foolish enough to fall in love with women who have minds of their own. If you will recall, your own sister had a few things she had to forgive me for before we could move on with our relationship." -Rule There's a big difference between a little kidnapping and what he did." -Abby "You did not call it a 'little' anything at the time, sweet. You were furious with me. Believe me, the groveling does do wonders." -Rule ↗

— Christine Warren

#realtionship-problems #forgiveness

Forgive me if I stare, I knew you were young, but even then I was expecting someone a little more, well, more. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#humor #forgiveness

The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total. ↗

— Louis Zamperini

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For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church. ↗

— José Rizal

#religion #forgiveness

That's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#forgiveness #growing-up #life-lessons #age