#ness

When it comes to men, women will insist that a lunge in their direction is not always welcome, and yet they cannot forgive a man who does not even attempt a sexual pursuit. Strange creatures, aren't they? ↗

— Dave Franklin

#forgiveness

The perpetrators of genocides are usually men of the herd, men who follow orders without questioning them. Rwanda was no exception. ↗

— John Rucyahana

#genocide #questionings #rwanda #forgiveness

How could he possibly bow deeply enough to honor a thousand-year-old samurai queen? ↗

— Nadia Scrieva

#respect #samurai #forgiveness

Forgiveness is the fastest way to a spiritual path and inner peace of mind ↗

— Muhaya Haji Mohamad

#spiritual #forgiveness

I hope you can someday forgive me.' 'I forgive you now. ↗

— Richard Paul Evans

#forgiveness

Parenting is a giant responsibility forever, so we need to learn how to drop the guilt and go easy on ourselves when we mess up. ↗

— Rachael Bermingham

#inspirational-quotes #motivational-quotes #parenting #responsibility #forgiveness

Only the broken heart has the ghost of a chance to grieve, to forgive, to long, to transform." Christina Baldwin, author of Life's Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice, 1990. Used with author's permission ↗

— Judith-Victoria Douglas

#forgive #grieve #long #transform #forgiveness

We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do-we do it all the time. ↗

— Alice Munro

#forgiveness

In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#vaccination #forgiveness

It takes a strong person to say sorry, and an ever stronger person to forgive. ↗

— Vanessa Guzman

#forgiveness