What You Should Know About Forgiveness

  

I was reading some quotes on forgiveness and I decided to share some of the quotes I got from it here. I hope by the time you finish reading this, you will easily forgive those that may have hurt you.

#1. Anybody can hold a grudge but it takes a person with character to forgive. When you forgive, you release yourself from a painful burden. Forgiveness doesn't mean what happened was OK, and it doesn't mean that person should still be welcomed in your life, it just mean you ave made peace with the pain and you are ready to let it go.

#2. Forgiveness doesn't excuse their behavior. Forgiveness prevents their behavior from destroying your heart.

#3. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself- Tony Robbins

#4. True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment- David Rage.

#5. Forgiveness is not something we do for other people. We do it for ourselves to get well and move on.

#6. Sometimes you forgive people simply because you still want them in your life.

#7. Forgiveness does not change the past, it simply enlarges the future.

#8. The weak cannot forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong- Mahatma Gandhi

#9. There is nobility in compassion, beauty in empathy and grace in forgiveness- John Connolly

#10. Anger makes you smaller while Forgiveness force you to grow beyond what you are.

#11. There is no love without forgiveness and there is no forgiveness without love.

#12. Apologizing doesn't mean you are right or wrong, it just means you value your relationship more than your ego.

#13. Forgiveness is a promise not a feeling. When you forgive other people, you are making a promise not to use their past sin against them.

#14. Pain is the fist that knocks you down, Forgiveness is the hand that help you up.

#15. Forgive others as quickly as you expect God to forgive you.

#16. Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.

#17. He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

#18. It's not an easy journey to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.

#19. All diseases comes from a state of unforgiveness.

#20. Forgiveness is like a cancelled note, torn into two, and burned up so that it can never be shown again.

#21. Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude- Martin Luther King Jnr.

#22. For if you forgive men when they hurt you, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. Matt 6 vs 14.

#23. You cant reach for anything new if your hands are full of yesterday junk.

#24. Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the prisoner.

#25. To err is human, to forgive is Divine.

#26. Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge-Isaac Friedmann.

#27. Forgive your enemies but never forget their names.

#28. Forgive others not because they deserve forgiveness but because you deserve peace.

#29. Without forgiveness, life is governed by resentment and retaliation.

#30. When you choose to forgive those who have hurt you, you take away their power.

On this note, I want to apologize to all those I may have offended one way or the other...Please forgive me *sobs*.. and to those who offended me, y'll are forgiven. Let's live in peace.... Forgive someone today.....I don talk finish

Oh, by the way, Happy Sunday