Inspirational Quotes

Speak with silence, listen with heart, and forgive with kindness.

~ Debasish Mridha

When we are kind and forgiving, we will be forgiven.

~ Debasish Mridha

If you cannot forgive others, how can you forgive yourself?

~ Debasish Mridha

He who possesses forgiveness is able to enjoy true happiness.

~ Debasish Mridha

To lose--get angry and fight back. To win--forgive with love.

~ Debasish Mridha

The best revenge is true forgiveness.

~ Debasish Mridha

Be compassionate with all people.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

With weapons we can kill our enemies, with love and forgiveness we can win them.

~ Debasish Mridha M.d.

When you forgive your enemy, you may no longer have one.

~ Debasish Mridha M.d.

You must first forgive yourself in order to forgive others.

~ Debasish Mridha

Life is never easy for any one. Be gentle with one another.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another than this, that when the injury began on his part, the kindness begins on ours.

~ L.g. Abell

Keep your quiet spirit, peace and calmness.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You fall flat on your face, and it's not the first time you've done it, Never let your past press you down.

~ Auliq Ice

Yesterday is done. Today has just begun. I am not going let anyone's negative issues do anything to me other than inspire me to do better.

~ Gillian Duce

Never judge the life of another man. You never know his struggles.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Never judge the life of another man.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We ought to give each other, a chance to change.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Standing there shuffling the memories on the counter, I remember what I sometimes forget. Forgiveness. Compassion. Gratitude. Three roads leading to being here now, where we can give the next moment a chance to exist without prejudice, so we can love what’s here, while it’s still here: each other, ourselves, our freedom. - excerpt from FOR THE SENDER: Love Letters from Vietnam

~ Alex Woodard

When you forgive, you do not change the past, but you change your future.

~ Camilla Dorand

We ought to love one another

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

God doesn’t care how well you can preach about forgiveness… what He looks at is your behavior when presented the opportunity to practice it.

~ Steve Maraboli

I am speaking from experience when I say that forgiveness offered - especially when so undeserved - cuts chains off the human heart that no other power in any universe anywhere can rattle much less break.

~ Charles Martin

When the actions of others no longer matter, then you will have succeeded within your own mind.

~ Jo De Raman

You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.

~ Judy Blume

The whole message of the Course is: do not wait. In other words, salvation is offered to you this instant; be vigilant! Watch your mind. Be as attentive as you can this very instant. And the Course does not give specifics, like if this arises, do that. It is all based on sorting out the two thinking systems; the right mind and the wrong mind. That is where healing takes place. It draws attention away from symptoms level, whether it be financial problems, health issues or whatever.

~ David Hoffmeister

And we will mess up. We will hold on when we should have let go. We will walk away when we should have run. We will go when we should have stayed and we will hurt others when we should have loved. But God forgives, He forgets, and best of all, He restores.

~ Kristen Mcnulty

The essence of Christian faith has come to us in story form, the story of a God who will go to any lengths to get his family back. The Bible tells of flawed people -- people just like me -- who make shockingly bad choices and yet still find themselves pursued by God. As they receive grace and forgiveness, naturally they want to give it to others, and a thread of hope and transformation weaves its way throughout the Bible's accounts.

~ Philip Yancey

If you're brave enough to love, and forgive, and call up the factofabulous memories... there's no curse in the world that has any power over you.

~ Natalie Lloyd

The story of grace is the Gospel of not just forgiveness, but also of redemption. God uses the weak, the ones who have failed and the ones who had run out of second chances long ago.

~ Kristen Mcnulty

Forgive me, Magnus.’‘I don’t know if I can.’‘You must.’Still looking into the distance, he said, ‘You need my forgiveness?’‘No. I’m dead. You can do nothing for me. You need to forgive me so you can live.

~ Raymond E. Feist

Unconditional love and forgiveness are the sources of eternal happiness.

~ Debasish Mridha

Always be kind. Every one needs it. Practice forgiveness.

~ Debasish Mridha

Happiness is a state of awareness, which comes from tranquility, service, love, grace, and forgiveness.

~ Debasish Mridha

Forgiveness means that you are willing to give someone else a second chance to breathe in new life in his body. That is one of the greatest attribution of a Leader.

~ Indy Bissessur

All hatred is self-hatred, just as all healing is self-healing.

~ Eric Micha'el Leventhal

Forgiveness is one of the keys to moving forward because if you don't forgive, you are stuck in the past.

~ Terraine Francois

Know how you want to be treated, and expect that when you deal with people. Also remember to give people the respect that you want.

~ Terraine Francois

Dogs are special that way—you can ignore them or yell at them, they always forgive you. —Madison

~ Pam Torres

Forgiveness is not about letting anybody 'off the hook.' Forgiveness actually has nothing to do with the person you are forgiving. It does, however, have everything to do with you.

~ Mario J. Rocchetta