Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes

It’s not always enough to be forgiven by someone, in most cases we have to forgive ourselves first.

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

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

Forgiving yourself may be for many people, at least for myself, extremely difficult. And then in a larger context, I will say that I'm constantly astonished by those who pray daily, "Forgive me my sins as I forgive those who sin against me," and beat very loudly the war drum.

Finding a way to extend forgiveness to ourselves is one of our most essential tasks. Just as others have been caught in suffering, so have we. If we look honestly at our life, we can see the sorrows and pain that have led to our own wrongdoing. In this we can finally extend forgiveness to ourselves; we can hold the pain we have caused in compassion. Without such mercy, we will live our own life in exile.

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

I think it's a lot harder to forgive yourself for your own mistakes.

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

It doesn't matter how many people say 'don't be hard on yourself,' I feel like I have to redeem myself to my fans, my family and the whole of British sport.

Forgive everybody but yourself.

Forgive yourself. The supreme act of forgiveness is when you can forgive yourself for all the wounds you've created in your own life. Forgiveness is an act of self-love. When you forgive yourself, self-acceptance begins and self-love grows.

Forgiving yourself, not guilt, increases personal accountability.

Forgive yourself and be ready to forgive yourself in the future. You're gonna screw up. It's okay.

Learn to forgive yourself and move on.

Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a glorious release.

To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.

You must learn to forgive yourself as easily as you forgive others. And then take a further step and use all that energy that you used in condemning yourself for improving yourself. After that I really started to get somewhere - because there's only one person you can change and that's yourself. After you have changed yourself, you might be able to inspire others to look for change.

We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them -- to try to understand what you have done, why you have done it. That way, you can begin to forgive yourself. That's very important. If you don't forgive yourself you'll never be able to forgive anybody else and you'll go on committing the same crimes forever.

Forgive everyone for your own sins and be sure to tell them you love them which you do.

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.

Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.

I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.

If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.

Those who forgive themselves and are able to accept their real nature, they are the strong ones.