Lee Atwater Quotes

I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody.

I was embarrassed by my parents. I thought they had nothing of interest to say or contribute to anything. My real crime was not understanding that they were interesting, and I have been trying to make it up to them for being so indescribably blase, so genuinely uninterested and dismissive.

I probably should have had a little more tolerance with Jimmy Johnson. Seriously.

I now see that I never needed to be so mean or cruel.

Those who search for truth are too conscious of the maze to be hard on others...

I don't like to condemn people because what that means is that you're only condemning yourself about a part of you that you can't stand.

Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves.

As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead of bristling when our narrative is summarily dismissed, we can carefully explain our way of seeing things. And when we are wrong, we won't be afraid to say so.

Humility is always a good thing. It's always a good thing to be humbled by circumstances so you can then come from a sincere place to try to deal with them.

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

I've undoubtedly offended people, but in the end, I've learned the people that will understand are the people I want to connect to, anyway.

Central to living a life that is good is a life that's forgiving. We're creatures of contact, regardless of whether we kiss or we wound.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

What we need is not more distrust and division. What we need now is acceptance.

I've been very lucky, from the beginning. I've found that as long as you're fundamentally good - as long as you're not being bad to people - people give you a lot of room to be yourself, because being yourself is being honest. And that's what people want to see.

One of the things I think we're learning to do as the twelfth insight emerges is to be discerning without being judgmental, because condemning someone certainly feels like a comic event that brings other things back on you.

If you're willing to tell somebody that you love them, are you also willing to say you're sorry? You need to, even when you think you're in the right.

I want to be remembered as a nice person who didn't hurt people - except my ex-husbands, maybe.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.

I could be less impatient with people. I sometimes judge by impressions.

Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place.

I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.