Richard Paul Evans Quotes

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.

I really don't hold grudges. I mean, I remember everything, but I move on.

Forgiveness is the highest and most difficult of all moral lessons.

Forgiveness is attention without judgment. It heals the one who forgives and the one who is forgiven.

But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of confusion and pain.

Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

For any victim, particularly us Americans, it is difficult to see ourselves through the eyes of our offender. But for any victim it is the most salutary thing to do.

I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people.

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.

My way of thinking is to create a situation where we rally everyone together and create peace and pardon people, to not forget about the past - because we need to learn from it - but to mainly think about the future.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process.

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Forgiving is not an easy thing to do.

No one really forgives unless he has been hurt.