George Eliot 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.

If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz knows from experience, could be sooner than you thought.

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.

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?

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

Life without forgiveness is unbearable.

Forgiveness should be an act, but this is a state with him.

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

When I talk about forgiveness, I mean letting go, not excusing the other person or reconciling with them or condoning the behavior. Just letting go of your own suffering.

Forgive! How many will say, forgive, and find a sort of absolution in the sound to hate a little longer!

Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip.

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

You don't rest well as long as you're seeking vengeance. I feel sad justice wasn't done, but it's time to move on and sleep well.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

Forgiveness has its comforts, but it can never give you back what you've lost.

Forgive, but don't forget

You're supposed to remember, and still forgive.

I think there are different levels of forgiveness.

One of my biggest lessons in life is, we heal at the speed of our forgiveness.

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.

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

Then she made up her mind.It was absurd to pretend that he did not exist.It no longer hurt her to see him. She opened the door wide and let him into her life again.

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