#given

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

— Hannah More

#anger

Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare... ↗

— Anne Lamott

#faith

With time and perspective we recognize that such problems in life do come for a purpose, if only to allow the one who faces such despair to be convinced that he really does need divine strength beyond himself, that she really does need the offer of heaven’s hand. Those who feel no need for mercy usually never seek it and almost never bestow it. Those who have never had a heartache or a weakness or felt lonely or forsaken never have had to cry unto heaven for relief of such personal pain. Surely it is better to find the goodness of God and the grace of Christ, even at the price of despair, than to risk living our lives in a moral or material complacency that has never felt any need for faith or forgiveness, any need for redemption or relief. ↗

— Jeffery R. Holland

#inspirational #mercy #faith

God is the ultimate judge of what is truly in our souls. But we are requiered to forgive everyone. ↗

— Bree Despain

#forgiveness #inspirational #faith

Never lose Faith. Always have hope. Love for always. ↗

— J.B. McGee

#this-series #faith

It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed. ↗

— P.D. James

#grudge #human-nature #forgiveness

The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good. ↗