Ptahhotep Quotes

One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

You don't have to worry about what happened last year; you can start fresh.

Forget the things that are behind. Forget the unhappy past. Forget the stories of the old feuds, the old triumphs, the old humiliations.

If we keep on raking up the past, you can never work with anybody. You will always be fighting against your enemies, and that is bad.

Do you ever achieve total forgiveness after screwing up?

A-tone-ment-its a chance to fix the unfixable and to start all over again. It begins when you forgive yourself for all you've done wrong, and forgive others for all they've done to you. Your mistakes aren't mistakes anymore, they're just things that make you stronger.

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.

I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

We all fantasize about a relationship we'd like to do over or something we'd like to change about our past. I think there are a lot more opportunities for second chances in our lives than we think.

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.

I believe that life is short, and there is too much time wasted bearing grudges, and I like to move on.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

The past is past and I guess if you live in the past, you cease to live.

Apparently it'll all settle down and they'll forget about it soon.

All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone.

We must ask people to forget about the past and to live for the future.

Regret should be handled swiftly, and you shouldn't hold onto it. People spend their entire lives regretting what they didn't do and what they should've done. Hey, man, you did what you did.

Accept what you did do, and live with it.

The films of which I'm most proud I've written are the ones that pivot on forgiveness.

I can't take it back. I can't take anything back. So I don't regret it.

If you lose a fight with someone, you don't get revenge from fighting someone else.

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

Although wrongs have been done me I live in hope. ... Now we are together again to make peace.

I have no intention of retaliating or looking backwards. We are going to forget the past and look forward to the future.