Ability To Forgive Quotes

#1. Carolyn and I struggled with how or if to forgive while we dealt with the impact of the clinic's actions. Kevin Anderson helped us by introducing the idea of intolerant forgiveness: the ability to forgive the person who committed the error, but not the actual mistake.

Carolyn Savage

#2. But wasn't a best friend also someone you could trust not to hurt you? I had hurt Vicki, yet here she was, opening her home and heart to me again. So maybe being a best friend entailed the ability to forgive.

Barbara Delinsky

#3. The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

Bryant McGill

#4. Mandela stands alone in possessing all of the qualities of other great men, but has one quality which is transcendent ... his ability to forgive and to place others above himself.

Kevin Allen

#5. But the human spirit is resilient. God made us so. He gave us the ability to forgive. To leave our past behind. To look forward instead of back.

Elizabeth Smart

#6. Meditation is both the symbol and expression of our intention to grow. Sitting still, alone with our thoughts and feelings, we can honor missed opportunities, passing desires, remembered disappointments, as well as our inner strength, personal wisdom, and ability to forgive and love.

Sebastian Pole

#7. Three things will make you more powerful: the power of your non-judgmental love, your ability to forgive the unforgivable, and a heart that cares.

Debasish Mridha

#8. Think about a dog's ability to forgive. This to me is love.

Cesar Millan

#9. Dogs, for a reason that can only be described as divine, have the ability to forgive, let go of the past, and live each day joyously. It's something the rest of us strive for.

Jennifer Skiff

#10. Luckily for parents, children have great resilience and a generous ability to forgive.

Bruce Springsteen

#11. There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.

Dalai Lama

#12. Here's a thing I've noticed: the greatest leaders, the ones who impact the world the most, are somehow able to turn the other cheek. It's as though they believe so solidly in love, so robustly in forgiveness, they have the ability to forgive and even love those who attack them.

Donald Miller

#13. Do you feel that we can rebel against our oppressors without losing our love, our tolerance, and our ability to forgive?

Miriam Toews

#14. But your ability to forgive is worthless if you cannot turn it upon yourself. If you do not, the darkness you seek to defeat will eat you from the inside.

Jeremy Robinson

#15. The true liberation, the true path to freedom, lay in the ability to forgive.

Alyson Noel

#16. Papa's always had the ability to remember the good things and let the bad ones go."
"Not a bad ability."
" ... I'm not sure. I think we have to remember it all before we can forgive it.

Madeleine L'Engle

#17. I believe in discipline. You can forgive incompetence. You can forgive lack of ability. But one thing you cannot ever forgive is lack of discipline.

Forrest Gregg

#18. You have ability and people who don't never forgive you for it. Your very existence is a constant reproach to them.

H. Beam Piper

#19. May you be spurred into action, not just by what you read - but all your Soul is willing to share.

Eleesha

#20. It's all because of you. Your bravery, your zest for life, your ability to shake off the negative. You are radiant now because you chose to be happy and forgive your past.

Jenni James

#21. I love being a part of the country-music community.

Taylor Swift

#22. One of the most wonderful things you can do in this world is forgive others. We are designed to have flaws and make mistakes. If we emulate God, we are led to forgive. Giving someone the ability to recapture their dignity can transform lives. Do it often.

John Fairclough

#23. People hurt each other. It happens to everyone. Intentionally, unintentionally, regretfully or not. It's a part of what we do as people. The beauty is that we have the ability to heal and forgive.

Adi Alsaid

#24. Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

Lawrence G. Lovasik

#25. I long for the imperishable quiet at the heart
of form.

Theodore Roethke

#26. The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as he can, and hopes he has done justice and given satisfaction to the community

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#27. God has smiled on me, He has set me free. For us to acknowledge that we have been set free from toxic dependency, from crippling obsession or guilt, that we have been graced with the ability finally to forgive someone, is just plain astonishing.

Anne Lamott

#28. Heavenly Father, forgive me my sins. Forgive me my weakness and fear. Help me to fight my cowardice. Strengthen my ability to withstand the sight of suffering, so that I might do Your work in relieving those who endure it. -Toti

Hannah Kent

#29. You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.

John Lewis

#30. The shrewd help the strong.
The wise help the weak.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#31. I want a baby of my very own one day, but it seems that my being male is a BIIIIT of a problem.

Yana Toboso

#32. Sometimes the measure of friendship isn't your ability to not harm but your capacity to forgive the things done to you and ask forgiveness for your own mistakes.

R. K. Milholland