Forgiveness Quotes - Page 6

It is hard enough to face the moral law even with the revelation that the divine justice and divine mercy are conjoined. It offends our pride to be forgiven, terrifies it to surrender control.

Forgiveness for ourselves and other is one of the main elements in growth. It allows us to free ourselves of the issues that are holding us down.

In the closing of this chapter, Lutzer describes the choice of forgiveness in more detail: 'Without both honesty andforgiveness, there can be no freedom from the fits of rage.'What happens through the years when such anger is left unattended or is unresolved (or forgiveness is not pursued)? Without forgiveness, does the anger dissipate or possibly fade away? I don’t think so; but instead, anger continues in one’s life and is carried into their adulthood. What kind or level of control can manifest (or grow) in this unresolved anger; and as for the person or carrier, what can be expected of their heart and soul?

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends. Love means nothing in tennis,But it's everything in life

O, weary angels, don’t look at me with those eyes.If that is your state then what of our cries?What can I tell you of goodness that you don’t already know?What can I tell you of faith,of hope and lovethat you yourselves bestow?O, angels, don’t pluck another feather,this isn’t the sky, it’s just the weather.Please, angels, try.We are one all together.Look up and listen, I’ll say it once and then put down my pen:We are sorry for our ignoranceand even though we are worldly,it might happen again.We are sorry for your wearinessand even though you aren’t worldly,we are no more than human.

A smile from the heart is a therapy that turns a bad moment to a gracious one.

Grow your courage by remembering each day is a gift.

The moment an individual can accept and forgive himself even a little is the moment in which he becomes to some degree lovable.

Depression is the feeling that everythingis a waste of time.Joy is KNOWING that nothing in this Life is a waste.

After my mother's death I began to see her as she had really been.... It was less like losing someone than discovering someone.

Why the hell don't people understand there are some things you don't talk about? You keep it to yourself so you hurt fewer people. You're supposed to pay with guilt. Guilt is penance.

There's a story behind every "I don't believe in love""Period

The practice of non-violence requires a belief in divine vengeance.

When looking for the path to peace one comes to realize that peace is the path." Peace can only be achieved by letting go of the past and accepting what is. But one can only do that if he practices forgiveness. ~ UNIVERSE LOVES YOU & SO DO I ❤ #StardustAK ❤

Forgive, Adapt and Evolve, because holding on stagnates your opportunity of being better.

The secret is in listening to our own inner voice.

Smiling is not a choice It’s a Lifestyle Pass it on

Sweet forgiveness!!

You need to understand something. Forgiveness isn’t an emotion. It’s an action, and it’s a choice. It’s the choice to not let the past affect how you feel about her.

Who are we, to pass judgment on one another. When we have once done the same foolish acts.

(on forgiveness) Didn't he and I stand together before an all seeing God convicted of the same murder? For I had murdered him with my heart and my tongue.

Let what offends God offend me, and what God pardons, I pardon.

Forgiveness means that you are willing to give someone else a second chance to breathe in new life in his body. That is one of the greatest attribution of a Leader.

Healing Follows Forgiveness

Forgiveness frees up your heart to allow more positivity into your life. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

In the bible it says you have to forgive seventy times seven. I want you all to know, I'm keeping a chart.

A mothers Love is as deep and powerful as any ocean, in the depths of it forgiveness forever is found for her wandering child.

How would I explain to him that I couldn’t make peace with him? How would I explain that if I did I would immediately lose my inner balance? How would I explain that one of the arms of my internal scales would suddenly shoot upward? How would I explain that my hatred of him counterbalanced the weight of evil that had fallen on my youth? How would I explain that he embodied all the evils in my life? How would I explain to him that I needed to hate him?

No man can be satisfied with his attainment although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.

God is merciful to all who repent and turn to Him.

Love forgives and keeps no records of wrongs .

Even if you feel wronged, respond right.

One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it’s left behind.

A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special vindication for his sin.

There is a payoff for examining the divine author's literary style. It will tell you something about Him. Whereas, Jonah's actions are extensively described and laboriously detailed, God's reactions (although miraculous) are only described in sparse, minimalist terms.God seems much more amused by Jonah than Jonah is with God. Every miracle is directed at Jonah. Yet, very little copy is used to described God's miracles. Although God's miracles are much more astonishing than Jonah's immature fits of rebellion, more copy is dedicated to Jonah.

If I left any good or planted any flowers among thorns, the credit goes to God and my many substantial friends.

We fail to see the oneness of all things, and because of this, we unknowingly cause a lot of harm to ourselves. We pollute the Earth that we live on, cut down the trees that produce our oxygen, destroy the ecosystems of nature and the animals that maintain them, and we mistreat and harm each other, thinking that these destructive actions will not have a direct effect on us.

People are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.

...it is not to be understood that I am with him [Jesus] in all his doctrines. I am a Materialist, he takes the side of spiritualism; he preaches the efficacy of repentance toward forgiveness of sin. I require a counterpoise of good works to redeem it... Among the sayings & discourses imputed to him by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the most lovely benevolence: and others again of so much ignorance, so much absurdity, so much untruth, charlatanism, and imposture, as to pronounce it impossible that such contradictions should have proceeded from the same

Love builds, encourages and strengthens.

In order to stay happy, You must learn from your wins and fails and accept all things that come your way as they are.

Many things are impossible for men to do alone, but everything is possible with God. Regardless of how big your errors might have been, you will find forgiveness when you truly seek for it.

Distancing yourself from some painful event is probably the ignition for the process of forgiveness.

When God takes out the trash, don't go digging back through it. Trust Him.

The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge.

Grace, on the other hand, means that God is pursuing you. That God forgives you. That God sanctifies you. When you are apathetic toward God, He is never apathetic toward you. When you don’t desire to pray and talk to God, He never grows tired of talking to you. When you forget to read your Bible and listen to God, He is always listening to you. Grace means that your spirituality is upheld by God’s stubborn enjoyment of you.Charis: God's Scandalous Grace for Us (p. 76).

Know how you want to be treated, and expect that when you deal with people. Also remember to give people the respect that you want.

You can be happy indeed if you have breathing space from pain.

We are not defined by what knocks us down - we are defined by how we get back up

If you punish them, they are your slaves and if you forgive them they are your brothers.

Resentments make even the best of us feel superior.

Forgive everyone. Forgive every misery and misfortune with love.

Man never has what he wants because what he wants is everything.

Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful.

This is another day! Are its eyes blurred With maudlin grief for any wasted past? A thousand thousand failures shall not daunt! Let dust clasp dust death death I am alive!

To err is human to forgive divine.

Passion + Vision +Skill + Mentoring = Success.

Life is about the moments you create, that you can keep it with you FOREVER. After everything is over,That is what we have or what we are left with.

You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense.

Your past is a place for reference, not residence.