#la

Ignoring somebody’s mistakes in life from a powerful position makes you a saint, but the same act (whose intention does not matter), if carried out from a weak position, will make you a coward or helpless. ↗

— Ravindra Shukla

#inspirational #philosphy #youth #inspirational

But sometimes this hatred broke like a wave, unexplainably collapsing under its own weight, and before it would begin to well up again, she suddenly felt nothing but pure compassion for him, a kindness and forgiveness that almost broke her heart. ↗

— Sana Krasikov

#love #relationships #forgiveness

The English judged a person so that they'd be justified in casting her out. The Amish judged a person so that they'd be justified in welcoming her back. Where I'm from, if someone is accused of sinning, it's not so that others can place blame. It's so that the person can make amends and move on. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#forgiveness #sin #society #forgiveness

I've decided that there isn't much difference in the way we treat our siblings and the way we treat our special someones. But at the end of it all we know our siblings have to forgive us...or they'll never be able to borrow our car. ↗

— Emma Daley

#loved-ones #marriage #relationships #family

I forgive you, but only because you said 'please.'" Smartass, I thought. Then I groaned at the instant chorus of "Please!" mixed with cries for release from Vlad's prisoners. No wonder he got so sick of the word. "I'm only merciful to one person a day," he threw over his shoulder. "As the saying goes, today isn't your day and tomorrow doesn't look good, either. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#humor #leila #vlad-tepesh #forgiveness

The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christianity #heart #inspirational #jesus-shock #love

I didn’t answer. We were not buddies. We could not chat about the proximity of our offices, or football, or forgiveness. ↗

— Kimberly Novosel

#exes #football #forgiveness #heartbreak #love

Most women got this thing called compassion. It doesn't make them foolish, just more forgiving. More capable of trying and hoping things worked out. ↗

— Eric Jerome Dickey

#relationships #women #forgiveness

it is real, all of it, he thought, the wars, the intrigues, the great bloody game, and me in the center of it... me, the dwarf, the monster, the one they scorned and laughed at, but now i hold it all, the power, the city, the girl. this was what i was made for, and gods forgive me, but i do love it... and her. and her." (tyrion lannister) ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#forgiveness

In its highest form, not judging is the ultimate act of forgiveness. ↗

— John Kuypers

#faith #marriage-advice #non-judgment #parenting-tip #relationships