Forgiveness Quotes
Birds sing after a storm why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
I remember those happy days and often wish I could speak into the ears of the dead the gratitude which was due to them in life and so ill-returned.
It matters very little whether a man is discontented in the name of pessimism or progress if his discontent does in fact paralyse his power of appreciating what he has got.
No man can be satisfied with his attainment although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.
All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted when you find it taken for granted you are unnerved.
If there is a sin against life it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.
The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and variety of the pleasures that can be suggested compared with the poverty of those that can at any time be felt.
We always have enough to be happy if we are enjoying what we do have- and not worrying about what we don't have.
Not what we have but what we use not what we see but what we choose-these are the things that mar or bless human happiness.
Take full account of the excellencies which you possess and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them if you had them not.
Men ... always think that something they are going to get is better than what they have got.
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
A Christian could even give thanks for Hell because Hell was a threat and a warning to keep him in the right way.
Forgive yourself and you will be happy. Forgive everything and you will be happiest.
No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
You will never be the person you can be if pressure tension and discipline are taken out of your life.
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.
The difficulties hardships and trials of life the obstacles ... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly and teach self-reliance.
Looking for Silver Linings Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains losses and disappointments.
Ultimately, we forgive others in order to free ourselves.
Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances.
My country ... gave me schooling independence of action and opportunity for service. ... I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay.
Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?
Why do some people always see beautiful skies and grass and lovely flowers and incredible human beings while others are hard-pressed to find anything or any place that is beautiful?
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done whether you like it or not.
That daily life is really good one appreciates when one wakes from a horrible dream or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?
