Joel Osteen Quotes

If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go.

Forgiveness means accepting what is or what has been and becoming willing to see it differently. You cannot un-hear what you have heard or un-see what you have seen. What you can do is stop believing that what occurred has somehow left you broken, damaged and wounded. While forgiveness ain’t easy, it’s the most important inner work you can do within your mind and heart.

Forgiveness doesn't mean that what that person did was right or that you even have to get back into a relationship with that person. Forgiveness simply releases the debt they owe you so that God can release the debt you owe Him. Ask the Lord to search your heart and show you if there is any unforgiveness blocking His blessing in your life. Ask Him to show you more about this gift of forgiveness so that you can walk in the freedom and victory He has for you today.

Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.

Forgiveness leads to a shift in perception. It transforms the hurt into healing.

The worst part of all is that, without forgiveness, bitterness is all that is left

When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.

Forgive everybody for everything. Just forgive and start - most of us can't start with ourselves. We have to forgive the people we think did things to us. So that's fine. Start there - wherever. Start with the dog who peed on the rug. I don't care where you start, just do it.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons.

I am 100% in the camp that says forgiveness is mostly about the forgiver.

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person.

I forgive because not to forgive would only hurt me.

I always tell myself that nothing ever is worth holding onto if it hurt you, because the longer you hold onto anger and resentment, the longer you feed it and keep it alive.

The themes in 'Violet' are universal: accepting yourself with all of your flaws, moving on, and the forgiveness and freedom that comes along with that.

Forgive yourself and forgive others around you.

Forgiveness is a scalpel that removes emotional scars.

You don't have to move on to let go.

One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you.

When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment. But resentment is corrosive. It doesn't affect the person we feel anger toward, it destroys the host.

Forgiveness is a gift to myself. I forgive, and I set myself free.

Learn to forgive yourself and move on.

Forgiveness doesn't excuse their actions. Forgiveness stops their actions from destroying your heart.

What he did was wrong. He doesn't deserve your love. But he does deserve your forgiveness, because otherwise he will grow like a weed in your heart until it's choked and overrun. The only person who suffers, when you squirrel away all that hate, is you.