COMPASSION
"A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity." ~Buddha
"A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility." ~Dalai Lama
"A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal." ~Steve Maraboli
"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent." ~Douglas MacArthur
"Acts of compassion, acts of mercy, and acts of kindness define a caring soul." ~A.D. Williams
"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent." ~Douglas MacArthur
"Acts of compassion, acts of mercy, and acts of kindness define a caring soul." ~A.D. Williams
"Compassion brings inner strength and the confidence that attracts trust and friendship." ~Dalai Lama
“Compassion can be practice if one recognises the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, colour, and creed. Deep down, there is no difference.” ~Dalai Lama
"Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man." ~Albert Schweitzer
"Compassion for the other comes out of our ability to accept ourselves." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, and fear." ~Roshi Joan Halifax
"Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man." ~Albert Schweitzer
"Compassion for the other comes out of our ability to accept ourselves." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, and fear." ~Roshi Joan Halifax
"Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors." ~Andrew Boyd
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” ~Pema Chodron
"Compassion is not sitting in your room; it’s actually very active and engaging." ~Phap Dung
"Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion is the virtue that opens heaven to us." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion is underestimated. It takes both wisdom and strength to have it. To look beyond a person's own struggles and attempt to see the world through the eyes of another person's challenges is the highest form of humanity." ~Doe Zantamata
"Compassion, kindness and love are the ways to make a grateful heart bloom." ~Eva Trinity
"Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community." ~Joan Chittister
"Emotions can be good. Passion can be good, and compassion is very passionate. But compassion doesn’t waste energy. It includes and it understands; it’s more clear." ~Phap Dung
"Everyone suffers in life. Compassion is that quality in another that makes it possible for us to survive it." ~Joan Chittister
"FEAR is the mightiest of illusions. It is always in the future. We tear our own souls and limit our hearts over something that hasn't even happened. In owning this truth, I am able to set my spirit free--with mindfulness, determination and compassion." ~Robin Korth
"For a practitioner of love and compassion, an enemy is one of the most important teachers. Without an enemy, you cannot practice tolerance, and without tolerance, you cannot build a sound basis of compassion." ~His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate." ~Harry Browne
“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom.” ~Rumi
"I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go." ~Rachel Joy Scott
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.” ~Lao Tzu
"If we make our goal to live a life of compassion and unconditional love, then the world will indeed become a garden where all kinds of flowers can bloom and grow." ~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete." ~Buddha
"It is about finding compassion, and through compassion, finding love." ~Forest Whitaker
"It only takes the compassion of one kind heart to make love a true reality." ~Robert Clancy
"Kindness and compassion to others is as important as water and oxygen to life." ~Regina Cho
"Let your kindness and compassion ripple through your universe." ~I Must Be A Mermaid
"Nobody who sits in the seat of Compassion finds themselves focused on irrelevant things. Compassion generates clarity." ~Neale Donald Walsch
"Only when I learnt to be compassionate to myself could I be compassionate to others." ~Sofan, Artist
"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion." ~Buddha
“Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it’s beauty.” ~Albert Einstein
"Root out the aggression in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"Sensitive people care when the world doesn't because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued ourselves, so many times that we have become self taught in the art of compassion for those forgotten." ~Empaths, Old Souls and Introverts
"Some people mistakenly conclude that cultivating compassion is all about others’ benefit, whereas the first benefit is to us. Compassion brings us peace of mind. It attracts friends. Friends are based on trust and trust develops when we show concern for others." ~Dalai Lama
"The delicate wings of an angel are made from the fabric of glistening hope and sewn together with the light of compassion. That’s why you are meant to glide on the winds of love." ~Robert Clancy
“The dew of compassion is a tear.” ~Lord Byron
"The goal of compassion is not to care because someone is like us but to care because they are themselves." ~Mary Lou Randour
"The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The intuitive, compassionate heart is the doorway to our unity." ~Ram Dass
"The mind of compassion knows no bitterness nor judgment. No good nor bad, no right nor wrong. Only the wish for all beings to be happy." ~Guan Yin
"The more compassionate you are, the better your health." ~Dalai Lama
"The most beautiful eyes are those who see everything with love and compassion." ~Nur Blessing
"The nature of compassion isn't coming to terms with your own suffering and applying it to others. It's knowing that other folks around you suffer and no matter what happens to you, no matter how lucky or unlucky you are, they keep suffering. And if you can do something about that, then you do it, and you do it without whining. You do it because it's the right thing to do." ~John Connolly
“There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness.” ~John Connolly
"There is no such thing as a simple act of compassion or an inconsequential act of service. Everything we do for another person has infinite consequences." ~Caroline Myss
"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate." ~Robert Frost
"True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation." ~Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
"True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those, less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings." ~Pema Chödrön
"We restore the holiness of the world through our loving-kindness and compassion. Everyone participates. It is a collective task. Every act of loving-kindness, no matter how great or small, repairs the world. All those ever born have shared this collective work since the beginning of time." ~Rachel Naomi Remen
"When a man has compassion for others, God has compassion for him." ~The Talmud
“When does the dust of life seems to be a golden haze? When the whole gloomy day is manipulated by the ray of light through a lamp, ignited by a person with a surprise of love beneath an act of compassion.” ~Manish Kathuria
"When the criterion for leadership was physical strength, men became leaders. Now, however, education has overcome such distinctions and there is greater regard for equal rights among women and men. Where old ways of thinking discriminate against women, we should change them. Since science shows that women are more sensitive to others’ pain, they have a special role to play in promoting compassion and human values." ~Dalai Lama
"When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion." ~Marshall Rosenberg
"When you feel compassion, you dethrone yourself from the centre of the world." ~Karen Armstrong
"When understanding is born in me, compassion is also born." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility, these are the very foundation of any real civilization, no longer the prerogatives, the preserves, of any one church, but belonging to everyone, every child in every school." ~Yehudi Menuhin
FORGIVENESS
"Begin each day with optimism and end each day with forgiveness." ~Doe Zantamata
"But forgiveness is not an emotion. Forgiveness is an act of will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart." ~Corrie Ten Boom
"Each time we Forgive, We Free ourselves of the mutually depleting burden of being in judgment of others." ~Sus Kongsbak Larsen
"Compassion is not sitting in your room; it’s actually very active and engaging." ~Phap Dung
"Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion is the virtue that opens heaven to us." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion is underestimated. It takes both wisdom and strength to have it. To look beyond a person's own struggles and attempt to see the world through the eyes of another person's challenges is the highest form of humanity." ~Doe Zantamata
"Compassion, kindness and love are the ways to make a grateful heart bloom." ~Eva Trinity
"Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community." ~Joan Chittister
"Emotions can be good. Passion can be good, and compassion is very passionate. But compassion doesn’t waste energy. It includes and it understands; it’s more clear." ~Phap Dung
"Everyone suffers in life. Compassion is that quality in another that makes it possible for us to survive it." ~Joan Chittister
"FEAR is the mightiest of illusions. It is always in the future. We tear our own souls and limit our hearts over something that hasn't even happened. In owning this truth, I am able to set my spirit free--with mindfulness, determination and compassion." ~Robin Korth
"For a practitioner of love and compassion, an enemy is one of the most important teachers. Without an enemy, you cannot practice tolerance, and without tolerance, you cannot build a sound basis of compassion." ~His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate." ~Harry Browne
“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom.” ~Rumi
"I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go." ~Rachel Joy Scott
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.” ~Lao Tzu
"If we make our goal to live a life of compassion and unconditional love, then the world will indeed become a garden where all kinds of flowers can bloom and grow." ~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete." ~Buddha
"It is about finding compassion, and through compassion, finding love." ~Forest Whitaker
"It only takes the compassion of one kind heart to make love a true reality." ~Robert Clancy
"Kindness and compassion to others is as important as water and oxygen to life." ~Regina Cho
"Let your kindness and compassion ripple through your universe." ~I Must Be A Mermaid
"Nobody who sits in the seat of Compassion finds themselves focused on irrelevant things. Compassion generates clarity." ~Neale Donald Walsch
"Only when I learnt to be compassionate to myself could I be compassionate to others." ~Sofan, Artist
"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion." ~Buddha
“Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it’s beauty.” ~Albert Einstein
"Root out the aggression in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"Sensitive people care when the world doesn't because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued ourselves, so many times that we have become self taught in the art of compassion for those forgotten." ~Empaths, Old Souls and Introverts
"Some people mistakenly conclude that cultivating compassion is all about others’ benefit, whereas the first benefit is to us. Compassion brings us peace of mind. It attracts friends. Friends are based on trust and trust develops when we show concern for others." ~Dalai Lama
"The delicate wings of an angel are made from the fabric of glistening hope and sewn together with the light of compassion. That’s why you are meant to glide on the winds of love." ~Robert Clancy
“The dew of compassion is a tear.” ~Lord Byron
"The goal of compassion is not to care because someone is like us but to care because they are themselves." ~Mary Lou Randour
"The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The intuitive, compassionate heart is the doorway to our unity." ~Ram Dass
"The mind of compassion knows no bitterness nor judgment. No good nor bad, no right nor wrong. Only the wish for all beings to be happy." ~Guan Yin
"The more compassionate you are, the better your health." ~Dalai Lama
"The most beautiful eyes are those who see everything with love and compassion." ~Nur Blessing
"The nature of compassion isn't coming to terms with your own suffering and applying it to others. It's knowing that other folks around you suffer and no matter what happens to you, no matter how lucky or unlucky you are, they keep suffering. And if you can do something about that, then you do it, and you do it without whining. You do it because it's the right thing to do." ~John Connolly
“There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness.” ~John Connolly
"There is no such thing as a simple act of compassion or an inconsequential act of service. Everything we do for another person has infinite consequences." ~Caroline Myss
"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate." ~Robert Frost
"True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation." ~Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
"True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those, less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings." ~Pema Chödrön
"We restore the holiness of the world through our loving-kindness and compassion. Everyone participates. It is a collective task. Every act of loving-kindness, no matter how great or small, repairs the world. All those ever born have shared this collective work since the beginning of time." ~Rachel Naomi Remen
"When a man has compassion for others, God has compassion for him." ~The Talmud
“When does the dust of life seems to be a golden haze? When the whole gloomy day is manipulated by the ray of light through a lamp, ignited by a person with a surprise of love beneath an act of compassion.” ~Manish Kathuria
"When the criterion for leadership was physical strength, men became leaders. Now, however, education has overcome such distinctions and there is greater regard for equal rights among women and men. Where old ways of thinking discriminate against women, we should change them. Since science shows that women are more sensitive to others’ pain, they have a special role to play in promoting compassion and human values." ~Dalai Lama
"When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion." ~Marshall Rosenberg
"When you feel compassion, you dethrone yourself from the centre of the world." ~Karen Armstrong
"When understanding is born in me, compassion is also born." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility, these are the very foundation of any real civilization, no longer the prerogatives, the preserves, of any one church, but belonging to everyone, every child in every school." ~Yehudi Menuhin
FORGIVENESS
"Begin each day with optimism and end each day with forgiveness." ~Doe Zantamata
"But forgiveness is not an emotion. Forgiveness is an act of will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart." ~Corrie Ten Boom
"Each time we Forgive, We Free ourselves of the mutually depleting burden of being in judgment of others." ~Sus Kongsbak Larsen
"Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other." ~Judy Collins (1939-)
“For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter
Of the Eternal's language;--
on earth it is called Forgiveness!”
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense." ~Robert Frost
"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I’ll forgive Thy great big one on me." ~Robert Frost
"Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace." ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"Forgive... Rid yourself of the heaviness that you feel in your soul and free yourself of the burden. You are forgiven by the grace of God, if He forgives you why can't you forgive yourself." ~Kim Bayne "Optimistic Guidance" © 2014
"Forgive those who insult you, attack you, belittle you or take you for granted. But more than this, forgive yourself for allowing them to hurt you." ~Anon
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. " ~John F. Kennedy
"Forgive yourself first. Release the need to replay a negative situation over and over again in your mind. Don't become a hostage to your past by always reviewing and reliving your mistakes. Don't remind yourself of what should have, could have or would have been. Release it and let it go. Move on." ~Les Brown
"Forgive yourself, for you did the very best you could do in every situation. Let go of all guilt and blame." ~Susan Shumsky
"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." ~Paul Boose (from Chicken Soup for the Soul)
"Forgiveness doesn't make the situation okay, it makes YOU okay." ~Beth Moore
"Forgiveness doesn’t take a piece of your heart away…it carries your heart to a place of peace." ~Robert Clancy
"Forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are." ~Cherie Carter-Scott
"Forgiveness has nothing whatsoever to do with how wrong someone else was; no matter how evil, cruel, narcissistic or unrepentant they are, when you forgive a person, you break the unhealthy bonds between you and your abuser-victim relationship, and you redefine yourself as an independent victor in your own life." ~Bryant McGill
"Forgiveness is a creative act that changes us from prisoners of the past to liberated people at peace with our memories." ~Genius
"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting." ~Anon, Discovery Tales
"Forgiveness is a process of giving up the old for something new. Old experiences and memories that we hold on to in anger, resentment, shame, or guilt cloud our spirit mind. The truth is, everything that has happened had to happen. It was a growth experience. There was something you needed to know or learn. If you stay angry, hurt, afraid, ashamed, or guilty, you miss the lesson. You will be stuck in a cloud of pain." ~Iyanla Vanzant
"Forgiveness is a reflection of loving yourself enough to move on." ~Steve Maraboli from Start from the Heart
"Forgiveness is a skill, a way of preserving clarity, sanity and generosity in an individual life, a beautiful question and a way of shaping the mind to a future we want for ourselves; an admittance that if forgiveness comes through understanding, and if understanding is just a matter of time and application then we might as well begin forgiving right at the beginning of any drama, rather than put ourselves through the full cycle of festering, incapacitation, reluctant healing and eventual blessing." ~David Whyte
"Forgiveness is about your peace of mind." ~ Bryant McGill
"Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart." ~Corrie ten Boom
"Forgiveness is an essential part of growth in life. It is one of the many keys to peace. There are many times in life that not only do we need to forgive others but ourselves as well. We tend to beat ourselves up over and over for decisions that we have made or something that we did to hurt another. Forgiveness of ourselves is just as important as forgiveness of others. It is a must for healing and inner peace. Take a deep breath and let it go...forgive yourself, you won't be of any good to anyone if you cannot Love and forgive yourself. Rid yourself of the heaviness that you feel in your soul and free yourself of the burden. You are forgiven by the grace of God, if He forgives you why can't you forgive yourself." ~Kim Bayne ~Live Life Positively~
"Forgiveness is empowering. It brings healing and release to our soul." ~Olivia Alexander
"Forgiveness is freedom at the deepest level. Set yourself free." ~from Anna Taylor
"Forgiveness is just another name for freedom." ~Byron Katie
"Forgiveness is letting go of the past and those who hurt us. Being able to forgive, so we can move on, find peace of mind and be happy." ~Jessi Lin, Taiwan (21 October 2014)
“Forgiveness is no longer expecting healing from the same person who caused you pain.” ~Jocelyn Soriano
"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness." ~Marianne Williamson
"Forgiveness is not an emotion, it's a decision".~Randal Worley
"Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude." ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
"Forgiveness is one of the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves. It often has little to do with anyone else, even though the mind sometimes likes to hold on to pride or any other traits that may reflect a victim consciousness. Forgiveness has everything to do with honoring ourselves enough to fully be free." ~Emmanuel Dagher
"Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free and realizing the prisoner was you." ~J & V Osteen, Wake up to Hope
“Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.” ~Dag Hammarskjold
"Forgiveness is the choice that leads to peace. Today forgive, not because others say it’s the right thing to do, but because as God’s creation, you are worthy of peace." ~James Blanchard Cisneros
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the hell that has crushed it." ~Mark Twain
"Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is the power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness." ~Corrie Ten Boom
"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." ~Hannah Arendt
"Forgiveness is the oil of relationships." ~Josh McDowell
"Forgiveness may not be easy, then again anything worth doing is never easy, it is simply worth doing. The journey of a thousand steps starts with one and forgiveness is a journey worth doing. It may take time or it may not. The important thing is that it can be wondrous." ~Jeff Small (FB)
"Forgiveness means letting go of a hurtful situation and moving on with your own happiness." ~Amanda Ford
"Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note-torn in two and burned up, so that it can never be shown against one." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"Forgiveness starts when you choose to forgive that person without any cooperation on his part. Forgiveness starts with acknowledging that it is within your power to forgive and to seek healing from the right people God sends your way." ~Jocelyn Soriano
"Forgiving is not a gift to someone else. Forgiving is your gift to yourself — a great gift — the gift of happiness." ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"Forgiving is rediscovering the shining path of peace that at first you thought others took away when they betrayed you." ~Dodinsky
“For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter
Of the Eternal's language;--
on earth it is called Forgiveness!”
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense." ~Robert Frost
"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I’ll forgive Thy great big one on me." ~Robert Frost
"Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace." ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"Forgive... Rid yourself of the heaviness that you feel in your soul and free yourself of the burden. You are forgiven by the grace of God, if He forgives you why can't you forgive yourself." ~Kim Bayne "Optimistic Guidance" © 2014
"Forgive those who insult you, attack you, belittle you or take you for granted. But more than this, forgive yourself for allowing them to hurt you." ~Anon
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. " ~John F. Kennedy
"Forgive yourself first. Release the need to replay a negative situation over and over again in your mind. Don't become a hostage to your past by always reviewing and reliving your mistakes. Don't remind yourself of what should have, could have or would have been. Release it and let it go. Move on." ~Les Brown
"Forgive yourself, for you did the very best you could do in every situation. Let go of all guilt and blame." ~Susan Shumsky
"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." ~Paul Boose (from Chicken Soup for the Soul)
"Forgiveness doesn't make the situation okay, it makes YOU okay." ~Beth Moore
"Forgiveness doesn’t take a piece of your heart away…it carries your heart to a place of peace." ~Robert Clancy
"Forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are." ~Cherie Carter-Scott
"Forgiveness has nothing whatsoever to do with how wrong someone else was; no matter how evil, cruel, narcissistic or unrepentant they are, when you forgive a person, you break the unhealthy bonds between you and your abuser-victim relationship, and you redefine yourself as an independent victor in your own life." ~Bryant McGill
"Forgiveness is a creative act that changes us from prisoners of the past to liberated people at peace with our memories." ~Genius
"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting." ~Anon, Discovery Tales
"Forgiveness is a process of giving up the old for something new. Old experiences and memories that we hold on to in anger, resentment, shame, or guilt cloud our spirit mind. The truth is, everything that has happened had to happen. It was a growth experience. There was something you needed to know or learn. If you stay angry, hurt, afraid, ashamed, or guilty, you miss the lesson. You will be stuck in a cloud of pain." ~Iyanla Vanzant
"Forgiveness is a reflection of loving yourself enough to move on." ~Steve Maraboli from Start from the Heart
"Forgiveness is a skill, a way of preserving clarity, sanity and generosity in an individual life, a beautiful question and a way of shaping the mind to a future we want for ourselves; an admittance that if forgiveness comes through understanding, and if understanding is just a matter of time and application then we might as well begin forgiving right at the beginning of any drama, rather than put ourselves through the full cycle of festering, incapacitation, reluctant healing and eventual blessing." ~David Whyte
"Forgiveness is about your peace of mind." ~ Bryant McGill
"Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart." ~Corrie ten Boom
"Forgiveness is an essential part of growth in life. It is one of the many keys to peace. There are many times in life that not only do we need to forgive others but ourselves as well. We tend to beat ourselves up over and over for decisions that we have made or something that we did to hurt another. Forgiveness of ourselves is just as important as forgiveness of others. It is a must for healing and inner peace. Take a deep breath and let it go...forgive yourself, you won't be of any good to anyone if you cannot Love and forgive yourself. Rid yourself of the heaviness that you feel in your soul and free yourself of the burden. You are forgiven by the grace of God, if He forgives you why can't you forgive yourself." ~Kim Bayne ~Live Life Positively~
"Forgiveness is empowering. It brings healing and release to our soul." ~Olivia Alexander
"Forgiveness is freedom at the deepest level. Set yourself free." ~from Anna Taylor
"Forgiveness is just another name for freedom." ~Byron Katie
"Forgiveness is letting go of the past and those who hurt us. Being able to forgive, so we can move on, find peace of mind and be happy." ~Jessi Lin, Taiwan (21 October 2014)
“Forgiveness is no longer expecting healing from the same person who caused you pain.” ~Jocelyn Soriano
"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness." ~Marianne Williamson
"Forgiveness is not an emotion, it's a decision".~Randal Worley
"Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude." ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
"Forgiveness is one of the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves. It often has little to do with anyone else, even though the mind sometimes likes to hold on to pride or any other traits that may reflect a victim consciousness. Forgiveness has everything to do with honoring ourselves enough to fully be free." ~Emmanuel Dagher
"Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free and realizing the prisoner was you." ~J & V Osteen, Wake up to Hope
“Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.” ~Dag Hammarskjold
"Forgiveness is the choice that leads to peace. Today forgive, not because others say it’s the right thing to do, but because as God’s creation, you are worthy of peace." ~James Blanchard Cisneros
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the hell that has crushed it." ~Mark Twain
"Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is the power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness." ~Corrie Ten Boom
"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." ~Hannah Arendt
"Forgiveness is the oil of relationships." ~Josh McDowell
"Forgiveness may not be easy, then again anything worth doing is never easy, it is simply worth doing. The journey of a thousand steps starts with one and forgiveness is a journey worth doing. It may take time or it may not. The important thing is that it can be wondrous." ~Jeff Small (FB)
"Forgiveness means letting go of a hurtful situation and moving on with your own happiness." ~Amanda Ford
"Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note-torn in two and burned up, so that it can never be shown against one." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"Forgiveness starts when you choose to forgive that person without any cooperation on his part. Forgiveness starts with acknowledging that it is within your power to forgive and to seek healing from the right people God sends your way." ~Jocelyn Soriano
"Forgiving is not a gift to someone else. Forgiving is your gift to yourself — a great gift — the gift of happiness." ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"Forgiving is rediscovering the shining path of peace that at first you thought others took away when they betrayed you." ~Dodinsky
“Forgiving, listening, understanding are beautiful roses.” ~Gede Prama
"Forgiving: When you finally realize there should be nothing beneath you, you can rise above everything with amazing grace." ~Robert Clancy
"Grace isn't just forgiveness, it is forgiveness fueled by surrender." ~Amy E. Spiegel (from Recovery Girl)
“He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.” ~George Herbert
"He who cannot forgive others burns the bridge over which he himself must pass." ~George Herbert
“He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Heaven is forgiveness. Being forgiven. And being able to forgive. Forgiveness brings peace. Forgiveness unites us and builds bridges where we once built walls. Forgiveness allows us to lay down our burdens, our guilt, our anger. When we finally find healing and wholeness, we find forgiveness as well. Forgiveness is what we call as heaven." ~Jocelyn Soriano
"Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life." ~Joan Lunden
"I believe that forgiveness is the way that we demonstrate faith in ourselves." ~Iyanla Vanzant
"I forgive people but that doesn't mean I accept their behavior or trust them. I forgive them for me, so I can let go and move on with my life." ~Anon
“I have learned, that the person I have to ask for forgiveness from the most is: myself. You must love yourself. You have to forgive yourself, everyday, whenever you remember a shortcoming, a flaw, you have to tell yourself "That's just fine". You have to forgive yourself so much, until you don't even see those things anymore. Because that's what love is like.” ~C. JoyBell C.
"I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.” ~Ram Dass
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." ~1 John 1:9
"If you do not understand the value of time in relation to the process of forgiving, you do not deserve forgiveness." ~Ahmed G Paglinawan
"Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions." ~Gerald Jampolsky
“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.” ~Steve Maraboli
"It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited." ~Lewis B. Smedes
"Look at flowers, butterflies, trees and children with the eyes of compassion. Compassion will change your life and make it wonderful." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
“My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever.” ~Della Reese
“Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury” ~Edwin Hubbel Chapin
"Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds ba truth to people in its own way and time -- just like it does for you and me." ~Sara Paddison
"The act of forgiveness is a necessary and truly transformational process.You must be willing to forgive any person or situation that has caused you pain , and release them." ~Positive Thoughts
"The most courageous thing you may ever do is forgive those who have hurt you the most." ~Krista Williams
"The practice of forgiveness can play an important role in your relationships with others. Forgiveness will enable you to correct distortions in your relationships and to improve the quality, intensity, and meaningfulness of relationships. It means letting go of past resentments toward others so that you can experience them in the present. Even if you do not "feel" like forgiving someone, forgiving them will release you from the hold of the past and allow you to experience the world in a new way. To forgive is to step outside the vicious circle of interpretation, where concepts from the past dominate experience, and to begin to live in terms of a larger, more worthy purpose. Forgiveness eliminates fear and anxiety, weakness and vulnerability." ~Ari Kiev
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” ~Thomas S. Szasz
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." ~Mahatma Gandhi
"The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?" ~Gordon B. Hinckley
"There is no peace without forgiveness." ~Marianne Williamson
“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” ~Robert Muller
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” ~Lewis B. Smedes
"True forgiveness is extremely cathartic - it will cleanse you and set you free. It is an incredible powerful process , one that will immediately shift you from a place of pain and anger to a higher vibrational frequency of love." ~Positive Thoughts
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We must forgive those we feel have wronged us, NOT because they deserve to be forgiven but because we love ourselves so much we don't want to keep paying for the injustice.....When someone can touch a wound and it no longer hurts you then you know you have truly forgiven." ~Don Miguel Ruiz
“When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive” ~Alan Paton
"When you forgive, you don't change the past. You change the future." ~Lessons Learned In Life
“When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.” ~Catherine Ponder
"When you withhold forgiveness or love from anyone, for any reason, it diminishes your awareness of the abundance of good in your life. You are stuck in so much old stuff, new stuff has no way of getting to you. In essence, the good that you withhold from others will be withheld from you." ~Iyanla Vanzant
"Without healing our childhood wounds and forgiving our parents, we stay emotionally stuck at the age of our earliest wounds, repeating that suffering as adults." ~The Mind Unleashed
"You can talk about Compassion, you can imagine Compassion, you can think about Compassion, you can hold Compassion as an idea conceptually, but until you express it, you cannot experience it." ~Neale Donald Walsch
SYMPATHY
"Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Verse
"Child,
If you wish to be free,
Shun the poison of the senses.
Seek the nectar of truth,
Of love and forgiveness,
Simplicity ang happiness." ~The Ashtavakra Gita: The Self
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