Quotes for All
The minute the church and pastors start saying what do people want and then giving it to them, we betray our calling. We’re called to have people follow Jesus. We’re called to have people learn how to forgive their enemies. Eugene H. Peterson
She thought about how it was so simple with animals. They gave their hearts without question or fear. They had no expectations. They were so easy to love. If people could only be like that, no one would ever be hurt, she thought. No one would ever need to learn how to forgive. Elizabeth George
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
One forgives to the degree that one loves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
You will have no peace until you have discovered how to forgive yourself, to forgive other people and let them forgive you. Dorothy Rowe
If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others? Dolores Huerta
Isn’t it easier to forgive than to hate? Until we learn how to forgive, that sort of thing is going to keep on happening. He pointed at the tall pillars of smoke rising to the north. Hate is a sterile thing, Belgarion. David Eddings
Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again. Dag Hammarskjold
How to forgive a murderer? First, by differentiating his sufferings from his exploitation of death to ease them. For his sufferings – greed, jealousy, frustration – he will need reeducation, support and, compassion. For our outrage about murder, we need to examine deeply our faith in death. As long as we collectively believe that death … Read more
Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. Cherie Carter-Scott