Richard Holloway Quotes

Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles.

Forgiveness sets the prisoner free. And realizing that prisoner was you. That's what forgiveness does. It sets you free.

Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past.

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.

There is power in forgiveness.

Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.

It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable. Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release.

The weight is off my shoulders. I don't live in the past anymore. I look forward, instead of back.

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

Having looked the past in the eye, having asked for forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past—not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us.

In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings.

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

When you forgive somebody else you accept the responsibility for your own future.

Forgiveness frees the forgiver.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

In the end, you have to forgive in order to heal and move forward with your life. For people who hurt you very deeply, you don't have to forgive them for their sake but for your sake, so that you can move forward and have a healthier and happier life.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

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

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.

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

To forgive is to unlock the cage of another's folly to set ourselves free.

There is hope in forgiveness

Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.