Quotes about Reconciliation
Admitting to a problem is the first step toward finding a solution. Confessing a sin is the beginning of redemption.
- John Perkins
Oh,' she says, 'the Vat prints nothing but rapes. You know what a rape usually is? It's a woman who changed her mind afterward.
- John Updike
reminder that gentleness can fix in a moment what an hour of shouting fails to achieve.
- John Wooden
Hatred is settled anger.
- Cicero
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
- Cicero
The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
- Marianne Williamson
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
- Marianne Williamson
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
- Marianne Williamson
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.
- Nelson Mandela
We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.
- CS Lewis
Disagreements don't cause disunity, a lack of forgiveness does.
- Loren Cunningham
Forgiveness doesn't make the situation OK, it makes you OK.
- Beth Moore