Forgiveness Doesn't Mean Quotes

#1. Forgiveness doesn't mean what they did is okay," he said softly. "It doesn't mean everything is magically better. It doesn't even mean you have to restore a relationship with that person or trust them again. Forgiveness simply means you let go of the burden that drags you down. It gives you peace.

Stephenia H. McGee

#2. Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened ... If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures.

Dalai Lama

#3. Forgiveness doesn't mean we have to pretend someone didn't hurt us.

Virginia H. Pearce

#4. Forgiveness doesn't mean what happened wasn't wrong or didn't matter. If it wasn't wrong or didn't hurt, there wouldn't be anything to forgive.

Leigh Powers

#5. Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting to remember, but remembering to forget.

Gary Inrig

#6. This is why I forgive, but I don't forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn't mean anything anymore.

Barry Lyga

#7. He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other.

W. Somerset Maugham

#8. I readily admit that I'm not, and have never been, big on forgiving.
That doesn't mean I will seek revenge - It just means I don't forgive.

Karen E. Quinones Miller

#9. Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare ...

Anne Lamott

#10. A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who comes to the house is a heavenly messenger, who brings the panis angelorum.

Karen Blixen

#11. She charmed and sparkled and said witty things, but she knew very well she was being charming and sparkling and witty while she was doing it, which somehow felt wrong.

Julie Anne Long

#12. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.

Carl Sagan

#13. When we were kids, Mama used to ask, "If Zeb wanted to jump off the roof, would you do it, too?" And as it turned out, the answer was yes.

Molly Harper

#14. If you're anti-war it doesn't mean you are 'Pro' one side or the other in a conflict. However, it does make you 'Pro' many thingsPro-Peace, Pro-Human, Pro-Evolution, it makes you Pro-Communication, Pro-Diplomacy, Pro-Love, Pro-Understanding, Pro-Forgiveness.

Eddie Vedder

#15. You never have to thank me. That's part of loving someone.

Tijan

#16. Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn't mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God's care.

Erwin W. Lutzer

#17. An enlightened person has real power and when they think a good thought, the tremendous power of attention causes their students to actually lift up into those states. It brings a power into their lives.

Frederick Lenz

#18. Our life is our own creation.

Eileen Caddy

#19. Forgiving doesn't mean forgetting, nor does it mean approving of, what someone did. It just means that you're letting go of the anger toward that person.

Frank Sonnenberg

#20. Oh, innocent victims of Cupid, remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse.

Yip Harburg

#21. Just because you've had enough
doesn't mean you wanted too much.

Dean Young

#22. Forgiveness in no way requires you to trust the one you forgive. It doesn't mean the relationship must be restored. p. 61

Roberta Fish

#23. Letting go doesn't just mean letting go of the past, but letting go of an unknown future; and embracing NOW.

Michelle Cruz-Rosado

#24. I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.

Veronica Roth

#25. Forgiving someone doesn't mean pretending nothing happened. Rather, it means releasing the burden of anger and obsession so you can move on with your life.

Charles F. Glassman

#26. Until you can ladder your way down from a change idea to a specific behavior, you're not ready to lead a switch.

Chip Heath

#27. Wolf in White Van is beautiful, enigmatic, and sad, and like every other brilliant thing John Darnielle has ever done, it seems to come from some fully imagined universe, of which we only get to see this haunting, enticing sliver. I utterly love it.

J. Robert Lennon

#28. But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again?

Jodi Picoult