Joyce Brothers Quotes

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.

Women shouldn't be burdened by what existed in their past, we should all learn how to turn pain into strength.

Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's practical. What's idealistic is thinking we can live from our wounds, stay in our weakness, and ever transform the world.

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

Learn to forgive yourself and move on.

Forgiveness is a gift to yourself. It frees you from the past, past experiences, and past relationships. It allows you to live in the present time. When you forgive yourself and forgive others, you are indeed free.

The first and often only person to be healed by forgiveness is the person who does the forgiveness... When we genuinely forgive, we set a prisoner free and then discover that the prisoner we set free was us.

When we forgive and let go, not only does a huge weight drop off your shoulders, but the doorway to your own self-love opens.

When you forgive, you're not doing God a favor, you are giving yourself the gift of freedom.

Forgiveness makes you feel better. As soon as you forgive, you're free.

When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better.

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

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?

Forgiving makes me feel free and light. I forgive everyone, including myself

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

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

I refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.

We're stronger than we realize.

It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.

Real pain hurts so bad. When you've gone through something and you've overcome it, you're able to heal other people.

Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.

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

Betrayal can be extremely painful, but it's up to you how much that pain damages you permanently.

I am a big believer in life in this fact: Scars are a very beautiful thing.

You're as sick as your secrets, and my whole life was a secret, so it's just... it's been really healing, and I've found a lot of inner peace by just owning everything and moving forward from there.