F Quotes
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“Forgiveness sees wisely. It willingly acknowledges what is unjust, harmful, and wrong. It bravely recognizes sufferings of the past, and understands the conditions that brought them about.Forgiveness honors the heart's greatest dignity. Whenever we are lost, it brings us back to the ground of love.Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release.”
“Forgiveness sets the prisoner free. And realizing that prisoner was you. That's what forgiveness does. It sets you free.”
“Forgiveness, she was only required to accept the seed of healing, and to let it grow on its own time.”
“Forgiveness should be an act, but this is a state with him.”
Source: The House In Paris
“Forgiveness should go hand-in-hand with love.”
“Forgiveness starts when you're able to forgive yourself.”
“Forgiveness takes intelligence, discipline, imagination, and persistence, as well as a special psychological strength, something athletes call mental toughness and warriors call courage.”
Source: Dare to Forgive: The Power of Letting Go and Moving On
“Forgiveness takes the burden of hate, guilt, and bitterness off your back and, with a lighter load, you can climb higher and faster, and be much happier in the process.”
“Forgiveness. The ability to forgive oneself. Stop here for a few breaths and think about this because it is the key to making art, and very possibly the key to finding any semblance of happiness in life. Every time I have set out to translate the book (or story, or hopelessly long essay) that exists in such brilliant detail on the big screen of my limbic system onto a piece of paper (which, let’s face it, was once a towering tree crowned with leaves and a home to birds). I grieve for my own lack of talent and intelligence. Every. Single. Time. Were I smarter, more gifted, I could pin down a closer facsimile of the wonders I see. I believe, more than anything, that this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers. Forgiveness, therefore, is key. I can’t write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing. Again and again throughout the course of my life I will forgive myself.”
Source: This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
“FORGIVENESS
The political score from four scores ago doesn't matter to anyone anymore. So why are we still keeping a tally of all the scores? If we are not applying the lessons to be gained from yesterday's history to address the problems of today - then why does any of it matter? Does Babe Ruth's baseball score from 1917 matter to us today? No. Does it matter that Gandhi bickered with his wife, or that Lincoln got into a brawl over Sally at a bar? No. Then why do tribal matches that happened thousands of years ago still mean so much to us today? To keep us from moving forward? To remind us of our racial differences and indifference? To revive tribal bitterness? And what father or God would want his children to keep a record of every argument they have ever had with each other - if there is nothing positive - only harm - to be gained by constantly reminding them? Would a wise man steer his followers to hold onto past hurts - or to squeeze them for every drop of wisdom that could be gained from them - then release them? Isn't forgiveness a holy virtue? And if so, then why do we insist on keeping historical records of resentment? Is the Creator an advocate of love or hate? And if love, then why are we still pushing so much hatred? What is there ever to be gained from vocalizing hatred? Only MORE hatred. Who wants that? And why?”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Forgiveness to letting go of a bell rope. If you have ever seen a country church with a bell in the steeple, you will remember that to get the bell ringing you have to tug awhile. Once it has begun to ring, you merely maintain the momentum. As long as you keep pulling, the bell keeps ringing. Forgiveness is letting go of the rope. It is just that simple. But when you do so, the bell keeps ringing. Momentum is still at work. However, if you keep your hands off the rope, the bell will begin to slow and eventually stop.”
“Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.”
“Forgiveness transcends the bounds of right and wrong; it’s the noble act of choosing what is right for our souls.”
Source: Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death
“Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.”
“Forgiveness was complicated. When someone hurt us, betrayed us, they took something from us, trust, a belief that life was predictable, faith in people. It was easier to stay angry at someone else than to admit how vulnerable we were. We could all get hurt. And the people we loved the most were the ones that could hurt us the greatest. We were most vulnerable to them.
But what was love if not giving those parts that scared us.”
Source: Chasing Kat
“Forgiveness was designed by God to flow from Him to us, and from us to other people.”
“Forgiveness was never a big part of the deal. Clarity of purpose, great journeys, unequal struggle, dogged persistence, moments of deep despair, mountainous odds stacked against the hero. The glimmer of light, the one true test.”
“Forgiveness wasn’t ever easy, but a feat much more manageable when you weren’t the subject of its grace. Maybe I’d always be a broken recipient of grace. And in that musing, I found rest.”
Source: Love and Relativity
“Forgiveness wasn’t for them. It was a prison break.”
“Forgiveness, which takes you back to the person you were and lets you reset them. Hope, which exists in a future in which you are new. Forgiveness and hope are miracles. They let you change your life. They are time-travel.”
Source: The Ministry of Time
“Forgiveness will heal you... I know because it healed me. Give it a chance. If it’s too hard, start in the flesh. Say it even though you don’t mean it. Then keep saying it and trusting God to help you forgive.”
Source: Love's Direction
“Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in your heart.”
“Forgiveness without understanding is like faith without proof.”
Source: The Report
“Forgiveness works the miracle of change.”
“Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should be a sacred process.”
“Forgiveness, dialogue, reconciliation - these are the words of peace, in beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the world.”
“Forgiveness, quite frankly, is the most selfish thing you can do. Because it is the greatest thing you can do for yourself.”
“Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing. And a ridiculous thing, too.”
Source: The Essential Kate DiCamillo Collection
“Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.”
Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“Forgiveness, which is the place that every story turns, the chance we give each other.”
Source: Undercover
“Forgiveness.
It is beneficial to forgive but better not to condemn in the first place.”
“Forgiveness. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter. You feel lighter. You just drop that.”
“Forgiveness: You cannot afford to withhold forgiveness. Nothing will destroy your life more surely, for there is a great hidden grief in the denial of forgiveness. Your heart is so heavy from what you have not forgiven that you bear the offenses of another as if they were your own.”
“Forgivenesss: It's a miracle drug. It's God's miracle drug.”
Source: I Was Here
“Forgiving and being forgiven are two names for the same thing. The important thing is that a discord has been resolved.”
Source: A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis
“Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth. It could even sometimes make things worse. It is a risky undertaking but in the end it is worthwhile, because in the end only an honest confrontation with reality can bring real healing. Superficial reconciliation can bring only superficial healing.”
“Forgiving behavior is dealing with situations as they arise in an assertive manner and then letting go of any lingering resentment. As the leader, if you are not able to let go of the resentment, it will consume you and render you ineffective.”
“Forgiving brings peace. Forgetting makes fools.
Mama didn’t raise no fool.”
“Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.”
“Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.”
“Forgiving does not mean you need to cling to your abuser.”
Source: When Roses are Crushed
“Forgiving does not usually happen at once. It is a process, sometimes a long one, especially when it comes to wounds gouged deep. And we must expect some lapses...some people seem to manage to finish off forgiving in one swoop of the heart. But when they do, you can bet they are forgiving flesh wounds. Deeper cuts take more time and can use a second coat.”
“Forgiving doesn't make the person who hurt you feel better, it makes you feel better.”
Source: 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
“Forgiving each other just as in God forgave you.”
“Forgiving, gentle, kind and meek are strength under control.”
“Forgiving himself came easy to him. His, he'd come to realize, was a forgiving nature.”
Source: Dark City Lights: New York Short Stories
“Forgiving is a gift to the forgiver as well as to the perpetrator.”
“Forgiving is all; forgetting is another thing.”
“Forgiving is an affair strictly between a victim and a victimizer. Everyone else should step aside...The worst wounds I ever felt were the ones people gave to my children. Wrong my kids, you wrong me. And my hurt qualifies me to forgive you. But only for the pain you caused me when you wounded them. My children alone are qualified to forgive you for what you did to them.”
“Forgiving is divine. Plead for the guidance of the Spirit of the Lord to forgive wrongs, to overcome faults, and to strengthen relationships.”