Richelle Mead Quotes

On this planet, there is no perfection. If you chose to end relationships because of one mistake, you're going to be alone.

Love happens when people forgive.

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

People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If there's patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights.

'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.

If a guy does us wrong the week before, and he does something the next week where he makes an effort to make it right, then I pretty much will let that go. You don't forget about it, but just seeing that the guy makes an effort the next week means a lot.

We're all humans - people make mistakes.

I can always forgive and forget if I care about someone.

Love is bumping along together with the people in your life and making mistakes and trying to make them right by virtue of the fact that these are people you actually love; you care about them enough to muddle through it with them.

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.

We're all human beings; people make mistakes.

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

Lasting love extends grace. No relationship will make it without grace. The Bible tells us that this is part of love. You're not going to have a relationship unless you have forgiveness, mercy, patience, acceptance, grace. You've got to cut people some slack.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of America sit in judgment on each party, they will recognize that our mistakes were mistakes of the heart. They'll recognize that.

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

Everybody likes to hold up a really big righteous sword when people make mistakes. Well guess what, now it's recorded and everyone has access to it... so let's stop judging people.

A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.

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.

One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.

I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.

I think compassion is an important quality in people in general.

My mother can certainly be rough around the edges at times, but she also taught me to have compassion for people who have been wronged. She taught me to empathize with those who have made mistakes.