#forgiveness

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. ↗

— Hannah More

#anger #cost #economy #expense #hatred

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. ↗

— Jean Paul

#another #beautiful #else #forgiving #humanity

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. ↗

— Emo Philips

#asked #bicycle #every #every night #forgive

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

#forgiveness #tenderness #win

I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing in this universe as hell, except maybe in our own terrified minds. Because if even one broken and limited human being could experience even one such episode of absolute forgiveness and acceptance of her own self, then imagine—just imagine!—what God, in all His eternal compassion, can forgive and accept. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#compassion #forgiveness #god #love #people

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#forget #forgive #names #never #never forget

You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#anybody #children #easy #forgiveness #got

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt. ↗

— Keira Knightley

#ask #atheist #away #better #could

I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#between #bring #compassion #correct #cuba

I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness. ↗

— Scott Stapp

#calls #creed #everyone #everything #forgiveness