Quotes about Reconciliation
We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
- John Henry Newman
If we don't let go of our resentment and regret, we become prisoners of the past.
- William Ury
The cross of Christ divides history into two parts — the preparation for and the accomplishment of reconciliation;
- Herman Bavinck
If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
- Vance Havner
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
- Victor Hugo
The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.
- Abraham Lincoln
Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.
- Dale Carnegie
When a maniac is at the door, feuding brothers reconcile.
- Peter Kreeft
we forgive those who trespass
- Peter Kreeft
I was too aggressive. Too angry.
- Rohan Marley
We can't afford to be killing one another.
- Nelson Mandela
We are forgiven, that we may be like Him who forgives us.
- Horatius Bonar