Quotes about Reconciliation
We may not know how to forgive, and we may not want to forgive; but the very fact we say we are willing to forgive begins the healing practice.
- Louise Hay
Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.
- Maria Edgeworth
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than wounds we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet there is no peace without forgiveness.
- Marianne Williamson
Forgiveness is the oil of relationships
- Josh McDowell
Tolkien offers sympathy, surrender, friendship and, most of all, forgiveness.
- JRR Tolkien
A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.
- CS Lewis
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
- Mark Twain
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
- Elbert Hubbard
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
- Henry Ward Beecher
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
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
- John F. Kennedy