#iona

True repentance isn't just saying, "I'm sorry". It's. saying "I'm sorry, I'll never, ever do that again because my relationship with you means more to me than anything". ↗

— Serita Ann Jakes

#inspirational #repentance #forgiveness

Give me strength, not to be better than my enemies, but to defeat my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself. Give me strength for a straight back and clear eyes, so when life fades, as the setting sun, my spirit may come to you without shame. ↗

— P.C. Cast

#inspirational #life #strength #inspirational

Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto. I am human: nothing human is alien to me. ↗

— Terentius

#empathy #inspirational #inspirational

Rogerson," I asked him sweetly as we sat watching a video in the pool house, "where would I find the pelagic zone?" "In the open sea," he said. "Now shut up and eat your Junior Mints. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#fiction #inspirational #romance #inspirational

It's been said that love finds you when you're ready. ↗

— James Patterson

#inspirational

No matter how many times people try to criticize you, the best revenge is to prove them wrong. ↗

— Zayn Malik

#inspirational

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#love #inspirational

Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#inspirational #soul #spirituality #wisdom #inspirational

And so I wait. I wait for time to heal the pain and raise me to me feet once again - so that I can start a new path, my own path, the one that will make me whole again. ↗

— Jack Canfield

#inspirational #pain #inspirational

It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#broken-heart #compassion #inspirational #kindness #love