One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind.
In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me. "
She knew he was angry, but she couldn't stop laughing. "Forgive me, Po. I was only trying to get your attention. " "And I suppose it never occurs to you to start small. If I told you my roof needed rebuilding, you'd start by knocking down the house.
Can we be sure that terrorism and WMD will join together? If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage and suffering. That is something I am confident history will forgive. But if our critics are wrong and we do not act, then we will have hesitated in face of this menace, when we should have given leadership. That is something history will not forgive.
While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.
To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.
But they're family, and you forgive them, even if they are human equivalent of hyenas. Because that's what you do, Posey. Forgive.
Forgive and be free. Forget that you have forgiven and be freer.
But the quality of human beings is only one - and that is how much they love and forgive.
Want to learn to forgive? Then consider how you've been forgiven.
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
. . . I'm much closer to the people at the bottom than the people at the top, and the latter won't forgive me for it.
…men never forgive like women.
It was about grace, she decides, something that has been missing from her own life. . . . She wants to be the kind of person who can bestow unearned kindness on another, replace bitterness with empathy, forgive only for the sake of forgiving.
Women can't forgive failure.
To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.
I think forgiveness is absolutely mandatory. When you don't forgive the only person you are hurting is yourself because you are still harboring the anger and the mental anguish.
It's easier to forgive those who hurt you than those who hurt the people you love.
Sometimes I wonder will God ever forgive us for what we've done to each other? Then I look around and I realize God left this place a long time ago.
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.