A wonderful quality about America is that we love redemption stories. We’re quick to lash out and assign blame, but we also draw from deep reservoirs of forgiveness.
Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process.
My parents did their best – that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.
New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated – like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy – or we’re not going to get there.
I believe in forgiveness.
The spirit of forgiveness should prevail, and there should be tolerance and understanding among all political parties for us to move forward.
I think there are different levels of forgiveness.
Forgiveness for one’s self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.
The films of which I’m most proud I’ve written are the ones that pivot on forgiveness.
The Eucharist is an opportunity of grace and conversion. It’s also a time of forgiveness of sins, so my hope would be that grace would be instrumental in bringing people to the truth.
‘Kris Kringle’ is a holiday musical for a new generation – a gorgeous score paired with a heartwarming tale of family and forgiveness.
The power of forgiveness transcends personal relationships.
Perhaps one could say I’ve worked in South Africa too long, but I believe in forgiveness, especially when a person admits a mistake, asks for forgiveness, and works to right a wrong.
Forgiveness is a spiritual practice and biblical mandate from the New Testament that many American Christians engage in as a part of their faith.
For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness.
I believe in the redemptive need to admit mistakes, express regret, and ask for forgiveness.
Forgiveness allowed me to wash my burdened past away.
To my younger self, I would say unless you’re literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission.
No poem in the world could do my mom justice. Despite circumstance and adversity, she had an unwavering love for her kids and a faith-based, boundless capacity for forgiveness.
As our nation’s student debt crisis has reached a breaking point, we’ve been hearing lots of talk about student loan forgiveness. It’s taken me 20 years to forgive myself for my loan – and just as long to pay it off.
I see the good in people, and I believe in forgiveness.
Sandy Meisner would say it takes 20 years to make an actor. Some people it takes five, some people 30. And you have to have patience and forgiveness for yourself. It’s hard when you see people at your age or younger becoming successful.
I come from a background where, if someone is rough and tough, you handle things physically. People betrayed me, and you just want to choke them. But you choose forgiveness.
So many people ask, ‘How could you forgive your mother for the way you were raised?’ It’s really not forgiveness, in my opinion. It’s acceptance. She’s never going to be the sort of mother who wants to take care of me.
I think if there’s a support system in place, and you’re acting adult-to-adult with a sense of unconditional love and forgiveness, only good things will come from any relationship between men and women.
