“Anybody who has had experience of poetesses knows that they may forgive a punch on the jaw, but never a suggestion that they would be wiser to give up versifying.” KnowsGivingMayWould BeGiving UpForgivingWiserSuggestions Author:Robertson Davies
“I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.” GivingDifferentPastMemoriesGiving UpForgiving Author:Martha Beck
“When people are dying, they call their old enemies and try to forgive them and try to be forgiven by them. They call their old friends and affirm their love for them, as well as detach themselves from them, and they try to get into as free a space as they can so they're really ready to go. They give away all their possessions and are as generous as possible. They give up old hatreds and grudges, and that's a wise intuitive thing, because it's much freer to live like that.” PeopleGivingTryingWellsSpaceEnemyWiseDyingReadyGiving UpHatredForgivingPossessionGenerousForgivenIntuitiveOld FriendsGrudge Author:Robert Thurman
“What is forgiving? Forgiving is giving up all claim on one who had hurt you and letting go of the emotional consequences of the hurt. How can we do that? It's done at the price of beating back our pride. By nature we are selfish. Forgiving, by definition, is unselfish. Being hurt by another person wounds our pride. Pride stands in the way of forgiving. We cannot forgive without God's help. It might be possible for us to forgive something inconsequential without God's help; but in significant matters, we are unlikely to accomplish anything without God's involvement in the process.” WayGivingPersonsMatterDoneHelpingMightProcessHurtEmotionalPrideLetting GoGiving UpConsequenceClaimsForgivingDefinitionsAccomplishSelfishWoundsSignificantBitternessUnlikelyInvolvementUnselfishWithout GodBeing HurtInconsequential Author:Richard Walters
“What in your life allows you to give up to other people, and allows you to forgive others and accept forgiveness.” PeopleGivingAcceptingGiving UpForgiving Author:Tim McGraw
“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.” GivingPastRelationshipGiving UpForgivingFresh Start Author:Anne Lamott
“How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?” IfsGivingReadyGiving UpForgivingRepentanceNot ReadyReady To Give Up Book:The Mistress of Spices Source: The Mistress of Spices