Forgive
It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.
The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me', or 'Help me'.
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.
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.
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it — how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
Forgive those who have hurt you.
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
The remedy for life's broken pieces is not classes, workshops or books. Don't try to heal the broken pieces. Just forgive.
Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
I am someone who can't hold on to negativity or hold on to grudges. I might feel something at a certain point, but I get tired after that. I don't carry it with me. I forgive and forget very easily, and that's the only way to be happy and peaceful.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time.