Difficult To Forgive Quotes

#1. Believe me, it's far more difficult to keep stoking one's anger than it is to forgive and move on."
"Ah, so that's how you manage to keep sane with Uncle Imcael.

Eresse

#2. If there ever was someone who had a control over you, someone who could cause you the greatest pain, someone who could ignore your most necessary requirements and someone for whom forgiveness were truly difficult to render, that person is none other than YOU.

Stephen Richards

#3. To get right with God, we need to utter three difficult words: "I have sinned." God cannot forgive the sin we will not confess!

Greg Laurie

#4. I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.

Sue Monk Kidd

#5. Forgiving yourself may be for many people, at least for myself, extremely difficult. And then in a larger context, I will say that I'm constantly astonished by those who pray daily, "Forgive me my sins as I forgive those who sin against me," and beat very loudly the war drum.

Alexander Payne

#6. The more difficult it is to forgive someone the greater the opportunity for spiritual growth.

Gabrielle Bernstein

#7. Don't we all deserve forgiveness? I hope we do; I believe we do. Forgiveness says as much about the character of the person bestowing it as the person receiving it. Learning to forgive may be the most difficult of human acts,and the closest thing to divinity, whatever you decide that is.

Justin Cronin

#8. The past can hold a weak man down like an anchor. It takes a strong man to remember the past, but forgive. Forgive and forget. Taking the first step forward is difficult. But take it. Save a backward glance for the times when you're uncertain, just to make sure your past is where it belongs,

Scott Hildreth

#9. Jaime, dear, forgive me, but I don't think you are man enough to take care of my Cass. She's a special kind of difficult.

Mercy Celeste

#10. Forgiveness does carry with it numerous obstacles and one may well be surprised why many people find it a very difficult hurdle to jump over.

Stephen Richards

#11. So why is it so difficult for me to forgive myself?

Veronica Roth

#12. Do you find it difficult to forgive one who has wronged you? Then you will find it difficult to get to heaven.

Charles Spurgeon

#13. It is just as necessary to forgive ourselves as it is to forgive others, and the principal reason why forgiveness seemed so difficult is because we have neglected to forgive ourselves.

Christian D. Larson

#14. Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

Mark Twain

#15. Wonder is always difficult until you forgive whoever destroyed your love of surprises.

Edmond Manning

#16. As' is the most difficult word in a Christian's life. We have to forgive 'as' we want to be forgiven.

John Kramer

#17. From a child I was taught to forgive and forget, but it's difficult to forget these things, the loss of parents, of children and grandchildren.

Ann Leckie

#18. Ah, Beloved. Of all the things I must bid farewell to, you are the most difficult to lose. Forgive me that I have avoided you. Better, perhaps, that we make a space between us and become accustomed to it before fate forces that upon us.

Robin Hobb

#19. One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

#20. We always find it difficult to forgive our heroes for being human.

Frances Hardinge

#21. People who are in pain hurts other people, people who are happy makes other people happy, they don't mistreat other people. When you think of it that way it makes it easier to forgive and have a little bit more compassion towards difficult people.

Jeanette Coron

#22. It is difficult to live with the pure. They do not condemn you; they forgive you. This forgiveness is more terrible than a judgment.

Anais Nin

#23. God will forgive you if you forgive others. Forgiving those who cause offence or injury is often exceedingly difficult. And yet, forgiveness is one of the most beautiful and important teachings of Jesus Christ. It is central to the gospel because, without it, you can't go to heaven.

Patrick Madrid

#24. I have a bit of a problem with 'American Idol.' Forgive me, but it's difficult for me to watch. I can't help but think of people being exploited. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying 'Glee.'

Lesley Gore

#25. Forgiving yourself can prove as difficult as licking a scab off your elbow.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#26. Do not be deceived that you are weak because you have forgiven; instead be rest assured that you are now showing great strength - after all, forgiving is one of the most difficult things to do.

Stephen Richards

#27. It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good grounds for complaining of him; his pride is not assuaged till he has regained the advantages he lost and put the other person in the wrong.

Jean De La Bruyere

#28. We often forget that calling for peace is the most courageous act we can take. It's easy to call for revenge, to claim injustice, and to launch an attack. It's much more difficult to forgive, to call for peace, to lay down weapons.

Dillon Burroughs

#29. Carrying a grudge is difficult work that brings nothing of value. Forgive, and be free.

Ralph Marston

#30. But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.

Emma Thompson

#31. How easy it is to forgive and loose the most violent offender, when in tears, they repent. How difficult it is forgiving our own self, for the eyes of our reflection will always expose our untold sins.

Stefanie Schneider