I forgive myself quotes

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

― Mahatma Gandhi, “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”

Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victim—letting go of the pain and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.

― C.R. Strahan, “The Roan Maverick”

Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Without forgiveness life is governed by… an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

— Roberto Assagioli

When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive.

— Nelson Mandela

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

— Alice Walker

The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.

— Catherine Ponder

Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy, peacefulness, and power to forgive.

— Albert Schweitzer, “The Teaching of Reverence for Life”

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

— Cherie Carter-Scott, “If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules”

Forgiveness does not change the past but it does change the future.

— Paul Lewis Boese, 1967 The Weekly Digest

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Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you’ve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

— Desmond Tutu

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

— Desmond Tutu

The most basic method one can use to let go of the past is by looking at it as a learning experience.

— Stephen Richards

Learn from the past, be thankful for the past, forgive the mistakes of the past, and let it go.

— Debasish Mridha

To forgive is to refuse to contaminate the future with the errors of the past.

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.

— Bernard Meltzer

Forgive the past and let it go with great gratitude. It will allow us to embrace the present and future with love, enthusiasm and passion.

— Debasish Mridha

Forgive yourself first. Let go of past hurts and direct your spirit to goodness and hope by having gratitude.

— Janet Taylor Spence

No one can or will ever feel your pain as much as you. Forgive yourself for the past, seize the gift of the present moment.

— K.J. Kilton

You cannot win your future if you cannot forgive your past.

— Ikechukwu Joseph

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Forgiving isn’t something you do for someone else. It’s something you do for yourself. It’s saying, ‘You’re not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.’ It’s saying, ‘You don’t get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.’

— Jodi Picoult

It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive.

— Maya Angelou

When you forgive, you immerse yourself in healing waters.

— Stephen Richards

Forgive yourself for what you think you’ve done or not done. At every moment, you had your reasons for all of your actions and decisions. You’ve always done the best that you could do. Forgive yourself.

— Doreen Virtue

You cannot travel back in time to fix your mistakes, but you can learn from them and forgive yourself for not knowing better.

— Leon Brown

Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil; With them forgive yourself.

— William Shakespeare

Embrace and love all of yourself—past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself.

— Melody Beattie

Love yourself, accept yourself, forgive yourself and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

— Leo F. Buscaglia

Forgive yourself; you are not perfect. Show yourself grace; you are still learning. Show yourself patience; you are on a journey.

— Shannon Yvette Tanner

Forgiving yourself, believing in yourself and choosing to love yourself are the best gifts one could receive.

— Brittany Burgunder

Self-forgiveness can prevent you from condemning yourself and feeding feelings of anxiety and depression. But many people ask, “How do I forgive my past self?”

Take responsibility

It can be difficult to admit when you’ve done something wrong, but it may allow you to acknowledge a mistake without rationalizing or justifying it.

Feel and express remorse

Many people get stuck once the negative emotions start flowing. But these emotions can help you learn and grow from past mistakes.

Try to observe your feelings without judgment as you use your negative emotions as a motivator for change.

Make amends

If you can, apologize and try to restore your relationships. That’s not always possible, but doing so may reduce negative emotions and help repair relationships.

If it’s impossible to restore relationships with those you care for, try to focus on forgiving yourself.

Be patient, and give yourself a chance to learn and change

Self-forgiveness gives you a chance to learn from past mistakes and change. Try to be patient, and give yourself time. Forgiveness of any kind is a process.

Self-forgiveness isn’t always easy. If ruminating over past mistakes affects your mental health, a mental health professional can help.

Try to think of self-forgiveness as taking care of your mental health.

Consider creating space for yourself to observe and acknowledge how you feel without judgment. And try to offer yourself compassion as you journey through the process of self-forgiveness.

Quotes from the book “I forgive myself. In 2 vols. Volume 1 Luule Viilma - LitRes

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Self-pity is the line beyond which sadness becomes destructive. He who pities himself pities others, because he wants to be considered good. But this does not happen, since he uses tears to extort what he wants to get. Another who suffers because of his tears and does not try to cry. His fear of self-pity becomes anger faster than that of a weeping one. So self-pity turns into anger. The behavior of an angry person is not subject to the control of the mind until some of the anger comes out. On whom, when and how much anger a person will throw out depends on the individual. A person who has suffered from his anger always deserves this suffering, because by his fear or anger towards indomitable anger he attracts him to himself. nine0003

I know that you have come to teach me that you are not my enemy. I thank you, I have become smarter, you can now leave. Forgive me for holding you captive for so long, limiting your freedom (all energy needs freedom). I forgive myself for having absorbed you, that before I could not do otherwise. Dear body, forgive me for the fact that with the fear of "I am not loved" I harmed you both directly and through other stresses.

For the development of the spirit, it is necessary: ​​- faith - opens the door to exit, - will - gives strength and desire to go, - knowledge - gives the ability to move in the right direction, - hope - gives wings, - forgiveness - gives freedom, - love - gives strength - prayer - helps to direct the currents of spiritual energies in order to create a creative unity with God. nine0003

Dear child, everyone has their own destiny. My father has his, I have mine. We all have to deal with life's lessons ourselves. Taking care of another is a mistake, it will not make it easier for another, but it will become more difficult for you. You need to learn from the misfortune of another, and teach and support him himself, but taking on the misfortune of another is a crime, by doing this you take away a lesson from him, the opportunity to learn, and he will remain stupid. Treat this with understanding. Learn from it. I love you!"

Every mother should ask for forgiveness from her child for the fact that she: • when conceiving a child, did not call him with love into life; • while carrying him, did not explain to him every negative thought, every word or deed and did not ask the child for forgiveness; • does not know that a child is born on its own and only waits for the mother's call of love; • when giving birth to a child, instead of love, she gave him a rooted fear of "they don't love me." The mother should have forgiven herself for not knowing and not doing all this. All uncorrected mistakes are imprinted in the soul of the mother in the form of an inexplicable feeling of guilt. The mother should have asked forgiveness from her body for the fact that she made him bad with these mistakes. nine0003

You just need to think about what is oppressing you, and if it seems that there is a person behind all this, then you should forgive this person for his oppressive influence on me, forgive yourself for accepting this influence, and ask for forgiveness from your body for having done him badly.

No matter how long the earthly path lasts, In goodness everything ends - everything begins. How we lack goodness, another keeps repeating — He himself shared little goodness in his life. Rudolf Rimmel

Like attracts like. Good is good, bad is bad. And the attracted side may be invisible at first glance. The more bad side by side with the bad, the more they learn from each other, and, accordingly, either both become better - they learned the lesson, or worse - they could not understand the lesson. nine0003

Character is the sum of what we have experienced in all previous lives.

Listen to the warm jolts of your heart and perceive them as the highest value.

Forgive me.

June 11, 2014

Sorry. Quotes about forgiveness.

We all sin against each other, but few are able to repent before another. And in order for the relationship to be resurrected, you need to come up and say: "I'm sorry." And if it is from the heart and they answer you from the heart, the evil will go away. nine0003

Priest Alexy Potokin

Forgiving and accepting forgiveness is a whole art. The art of forgiveness lies in the fact that stupid forgiveness multiplies sin. Late forgiveness kills, but wise and timely forgiveness inspires.

Priest Konstantin Kamyshanov

You do not forgive others in order to heal them.
You forgive others to heal yourself.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but frees the future. nine0003

If you suffer from the injustice of a bad person, forgive him, otherwise there will be two bad people.

Augustine Aurelius

The ability to forgive is a great gift.

Especially since it costs nothing.

The best reaction to enemy criticism is to smile and forget.

Vladimir Nabokov

BE ABLE TO FORGIVE

One must be able to forgive. Many people think that forgiveness is a sign of weakness. But the words "I forgive you" do not mean at all - "I am too soft a person, therefore I cannot be offended and you can continue to spoil my life, I will not say a single word to you", they mean - "I will not let the past spoil my future and present, so I forgive you and let go of all grievances.0003

There is magic in forgiveness... The magic of healing. Both in the forgiveness that you give, and in the one that you yourself receive.

The ability to forgive saves us from anger, hatred and waste of spiritual strength.

Everything begins with forgiveness. If we keep a grudge in ourselves, this is a manifestation of pride. I don't take it as mine, I blame it on someone else. I do not understand that I am a Soul that has done some wrong things, and now these lessons are returning to me. nine0003

If a person has hurt you, do not respond in kind, do good. You are a different person. You are better. Remember.

One of the most useful life skills is the ability to quickly forget all the bad things: don't get hung up on troubles, don't live with resentment, don't revel in irritation, don't harbor anger... You shouldn't drag all sorts of rubbish into your soul.

If people are judging or criticizing you, remember that more often than not, at the very moment they are blaming you, they are thinking only of themselves. Don't get angry or resentful of them, just understand that it hurts people when they can't match what you're superior to. nine0003

The ability to forgive and ask for forgiveness is the foundation for a strong relationship. It is important to learn to sincerely and wholeheartedly say "I'm sorry" to each other, instead of hurting each other with needles of reproaches and claims.

Resentment and resentment are like poison that you drink in the hope that others will be poisoned. Happiness begins with forgiveness.

Cassie Combden

As soon as a person gets sick, he needs to look in his Heart for someone to forgive. nine0003

Forgiveness is stronger than all victories.

One little boy, when asked what forgiveness is, gave a wonderful answer: "It is the fragrance that a flower gives when it is trampled on."

The most necessary science is the science of forgetting the unnecessary. Antisthenes.

Your ability to love others... and yourself... is directly proportional to your willingness to forgive others and yourself.
For example, instead of loving the parents you would like, try to learn to love the parents you have. nine0047 In order to heal from past trauma, you will first have to get angry, mourn the losses, and finally forgive them all.
You will not be able to fully forgive anyone until you are willing to voluntarily give up the right to revenge and reparation... - forever.
You do not forgive others to heal them.
You forgive others to heal yourself.

Chuck Hillig

"You cannot defeat the enemy until you heal what you think is low in yourself." nine0139 I-Ching (Book of Changes)