Joseph Jacobs Quotes

Forgiveness doesn't sit there like a pretty boy in a bar. Forgiveness is the old fat guy you have to haul up a hill.

Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?

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.

For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness.

I think one of the most important things in evolving is forgiveness.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

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

Forgiveness is a sacrifice. You're giving up being right about something, whether you're right or wrong about it.

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

It was about forgiving. I understood that forgiveness itself was strong, durable—like strands of a web weaving around us, holding us.

Forgive everybody for everything. Just forgive and start - most of us can't start with ourselves. We have to forgive the people we think did things to us. So that's fine. Start there - wherever. Start with the dog who peed on the rug. I don't care where you start, just do it.

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

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 had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.

I think there are different levels of forgiveness.

We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.

I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness.

While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.

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.

I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped by a mistaken understanding of what forgiving is.

Forgiving is...recognizing the injury, owning the pain, & reaching out.

Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing. And a ridiculous thing, too.