Joel Osteen Quotes

Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles.

Forgiveness is not something that you do for someone else; it's something you do for yourself, To forgive is not to condone, it is to refuse to continue feeling bad about an injury.

From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.

Forgive yourself and forgive others around you.

When we want to move beyond the pain, when we want to feel better, when we are ready to move beyond where we are, emotionally and spiritually, we must forgive.

I think there are more people waiting to forgive me than I need to forgive them.

For there are two kinds of forgiveness in the world: the one you practice because everything really is all right, and what went before is mended. The other kind of forgiveness you practice because someone needs desperately to be forgiven, or because you need just as badly to forgive them, for a heart can grab hold of old wounds and go sour as milk over them.

Forgiveness leads to a shift in perception. It transforms the hurt into healing.

I find forgiveness to be really healthy.

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

Life without forgiveness is unbearable.

Lack of forgiveness of others breeds lack of self-forgiveness.

I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps. (256)

Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.

Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.

Thinking about forgiving is not enough. You must come to a moment when you say, "With God's help I now forgive."

I try to give as much blanket forgiveness as much as possible in my life because that's the only way you can get past things and move forward. But, conversely, I'd like to be forgiven. In many ways, that's the bigger leap, the bigger transformation and the bigger step forward.

Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver...to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and your ability to love fully and openly. Do you think this man cares about the pain and torment you have gone through? If anything, he feeds on that knowledge. Don't you want to cut that off? And in doing so, you'll release him from a burden that he carries whether he knows it or not--acknowledges it or not.

The past can be a terrible weight bound to you by an unbreakable chain. You can drag it with you, forever looking over your shoulder at what holds you back. Or you can let it go and move forward. It’s your choice.

Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.

Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . .

Forgiving is a gift to the forgiver as well as to the perpetrator.

Without forgiveness, there is no future. Forgiveness is not nebulous, impractical and idealistic. It's thoroughly realistic. It's real political in the long run.

forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice

To forgive or not to forgive... are those my only choices?