Johanna Siguroardottir Quotes

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

I'm not angry with Axl anymore. I love him and I feel blessed that I got to work with him and achieve what I achieved with him. I guess time does heal all wounds.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

You're supposed to remember, and still forgive.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

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

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.

I don't think I have the power to forgive.

The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting.

It's the most amazing thing to be able to forgive.

I like people who have the capacity to forget. I think that to forget is a good thing. Forgetting is good. But sometimes I cannot. For me, I cannot.

I believe forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. It takes a strong person to say they're sorry and an even stronger person to forgive.

Sometimes you can't forgive, but you try to forget.

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

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

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

Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger come up. That's a lot of work, but to me it's worthwhile.

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

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

I remember everything but forgive anyway.

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.

A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if I were stuck within its grooves. There was only one way to play beyond it. I had to forgive them, so my heart could take its form again.

If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.