#forgiven

I put you through hell and then I only made it worse, all the mistakes I made trying to get you back.' 'I've forgiven you.' 'Forgive, yes. Understand, yes. Forget, no. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#elena-michaels #forgiveness

Sometimes a person needs to hear you forgive them so they can start to forgive themselves. ↗

— Rachel Gibson

#forgiveness

Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles. ↗

— Richard Paul Evans

#forgiveness

Run,” he whispered. “Run.” “No, Rand,” I said, brushing the dirt from his face. “I’m tired of running.” “Forgive me, please.” He clutched my hand as his eyes beseeched me through tears of pain. “You’re forgiven.” He sighed once, then stopped breathing. The shine in his brown eyes dulled. I pulled his hood over his head. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#yelena #forgiveness

But avoidance allows you to believe that you're making all kinds of strides when you're not. ↗

— Liz Murray

#forgiveness

For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness, of this Kind, we give and demand in Turn. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#friendship #forgiveness

If Cloulds Remain in the mind, Water will fall from the Eyes ↗

— Akon

#forgiveness

And what of regrets? I shall live with them. I shall accept my regrets as part of my life, to be numbered among my self-inflicted wounds. But I will not endlessly gaze at them. I shall allow the memories to prod me into doing better with those still living. And I shall allow them to sharpen the vision and intensify the hope for that Great Day coming when we can all throw ourselves into each other's arms and say, "I'm sorry. ↗

— Nicholas Wolterstorff

#inspirational #regret #forgiveness

The ragamuffin gospel reveals that Jesus forgives sins, including the sins of the flesh; that He is comfortable with sinners who remember how to show compassion; but that He cannot and will not have a relationship with pretenders in the Spirit. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#forgive #ragamuffin #sin #sinners #forgiveness

Love accepts. Forgiveness comes in time. ↗

— Lisa Unger

#lisa-unger #love #forgiveness