J. August Richards Quotes

If you can't forgive yourself, you think you're never going to be able to forgive yourself, and you repeat the same behavior.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

I try not to regret too much. I find that feeling guilty takes up so much of my time already.

I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.

My experience has shown me that many people struggle with forgiveness of self and/or others.

I think that with everything I've done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that's really important to me.

You can forgive yourself a great deal.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

Somebody once told me that self-punishment is worse than any other punishment.

After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.

My heart gets very tender when it comes to playing someone who has wronged someone else. I almost feel like it's easier for me to play having been wronged than it is to actually feel like you had an active part in hurting someone.

I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.

Let's be very clear: Living 'unforgiven' is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be found in any successful person.

Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.

I like to play people who are deeply flawed, and I want to find the good nature in them. I even try to be kind to myself when I've made big mistakes.

I don't think I can be too hard on myself.

You want to feel, 'I know that character.'

Life's most underrated emotion is self-pity.

You've committed no sins, just mistakes.

Forgiveness for one's self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.

I got to start limiting the hits I take on myself.

We're so hard on ourselves, and there's a freedom in realizing that we're our toughest critics.