Willingness to Forgive
Forgiveness is a funny thing. I thought it was about letting the other person off the hook for something they did to me. But I see now, that it's letting myself off the hook. Of letting go of the agony I put myself through, thinking they did anything to me at all. May you find peace and a willingness to let yourself off your own hook in these quotes.
- Lesley Lawrence
- Lesley Lawrence
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.”
- Henri J.M. Nouwen
- Henri J.M. Nouwen
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
- John Green
- John Green
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
- Ghandi
- Ghandi
“The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love.”
- Kahlil Gibran
- Kahlil Gibran
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you."
- Lewis B. Smedes
- Lewis B. Smedes
“When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.”
- Gerald Jampolski
- Gerald Jampolski