When wilt thou pity as I forgive?
Forgiveness Quotes (836 Quotes)
He play'd an ancient ditty long since mute, In Provence call'd 'La belle dame sans mercy.'
Grace Give me the grace to care without neglecting my needs, The humility to assist without rescuing, The kindness to be clear without being cold, The mercy to be angry without rejecting, The prudence to disclose without disrespecting my privacy, The humor to admit human failings without experiencing shame, The compassion to give freely without giving myself away.
My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.
Before we had this, our buyers were at the mercy of the vendors.
Discrimination, knowledge, non-delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the mind and senses, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness .
Those who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book do not like, nor do the polytheists, that the good should be sent down to you from your Lord, and Allah chooses especially whom He pleases for His mercy, and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
The meeting went smoothly and there was a strong (push) to achieve peace from both sides...Both parties agreed to mutual forgiveness.
Sow kindly acts and thou shalt reap their fruition. Inaction in a deed of mercy becomes an action in a deadly sin.
Betrayal was a stone beneath the mattress of the bed you shared, something you felt digging into you no matter how you shifted position. What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget
We're at Mother Nature's mercy, until it rains, ... We could use all the water in Somerset County and it would still burn.
The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
If we can't run the ball, we'll be at their mercy.
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
In North Dakota, shippers are at the mercy of a railroad monopoly that sets rates in an anticompetitive manner, ... This unfair practice costs our producers millions, and there is no reason that railroads should have this monopoly status protected under law. This legislation will ensure that railroads play by the same rules as any other business, which will increase competition and help lower shipping prices.
If you come back and say, 'Look guys, I made a mistake. I'm back. I'm ready to go and I'm with you,' .... it is easy to forgive. We've all made mistakes in life and done things we all regret. If anybody sat here and said they didn't, then they are lying. It's easy. You can't hold a grudge forever.
He has made a mistake, however the punishment does not fit the crime and we believe he needs to be shown mercy,
And there is no blame on you respecting that which you speak indirectly in the asking of (such) women in marriage or keep (the proposal) concealed within your minds Allah knows that you win mention them, but do not give them a promise in secret unless you speak in a lawful manner, and do not confirm the marriage tie until the writing is fulfilled, and know that Allah knows what is in your minds, therefore beware of Him, and know that Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing.
And whom Allah guides, there is none that can lead him astray is not Allah Mighty, the Lord of retribution And should you ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth They would most certainly say Allah. Say Have you then considered that what you call upon besides Allah, would they, if Allah desire to afflict me with harm, be the removers of His harm, or (would they), if Allah desire to show me mercy, be the withholders of His mercy Say Allah is sufficient for me on Him do the reliant rely.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
If we leave this in the customer's hands, we are putting ourselves at the mercy of what every individual customer is going to do with it. If we take control of it and build a program with a partner to ensure that we get the units installed the way we specify every single time, we put ourselves in a much better position to be successful.
If you believe, as the Greeks did, that man is at the mercy of the gods, then you write tragedy. The end is inevitable from the beginning. But if you believe that man can solve his own problems and is at nobody's mercy, then you will probably write melodrama.
I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.
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.
Open Thy gate of mercy, gracious God!
I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy.
Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.
A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
On his soul, Lord, have mercy.
They're at the mercy of the airline. We're still waiting on most of the luggage, which didn't arrive with either group.
Allah does not call you to account for what is vain in your oaths, but He will call you to account for what your hearts have earned, and Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing.
Forgive what may seem cut speech if I say that, in my judgment, a President with a just sense of duty has no option in such a case.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
If I do sweat, they are the drops
of thy lovers, and they weep for thy death; therefore rouse up
fear and trembling, and do observance to my mercy.
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars
O Prophet surely We have made lawful to you your wives whom you have given their dowries, and those whom your right hand possesses out of those whom Allah has given to you as prisoners of war, and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts, and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who fled with you and a believing woman if she gave herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet desired to marry her-- specially for you, not for the (rest of) believers We know what We have ordained for them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess in order that no blame may attach to you and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
O you who believe do not go near prayer when you are Intoxicated until you know (well) what you say, nor when you are under an obligation to perform a bath-- unless (you are) travelling on the road-- until you have washed yourselves and if you are sick, or on a journey, or one of you come from the privy or you have touched the women, and you cannot find water, betake yourselves to pure earth, then wipe your faces and your hands surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
My mind obtains the dust of their feet, when the Lord God shows mercy.
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
Come and meet me, O Life of the World, my Beloved. Please bless me with Your Mercy, and enshrine Your Name, Har, Har, within my mind.
'Do none enter the Garden of Bliss save by God's mercy' Muhammad said, 'No. None enter save through God's favor.' 'You also, O Messenger of God Will you not enter Paradise save by God's compassion' Muhammad put his hand on his head and said thrice, 'I shall not enter unless God cover me with His mercy.'
Out of the hitherwhere into the yon The land that the Lords love rests upon, Where one may rely on the friends he meets, And the smiles that greet him along the streets, Where the mother that left you years ago Will lift the hands that were folded so, And put them about you, with all the love And tenderness you are dreaming of. Out of the hitherwhere into the yon Where all the friends of your youth have gone Where the old schoolmate who laughed with you Will laugh again as he used to do, Running to meet you, with such a face As lights like a moon the wondrous place Where God is living, and glad to live Since He is the Master and may forgive. Out of the hitherwhere into the yon Stay the hopes we are leaning on You, Divine, with Your merciful eyes Looking down from far-away skies, Smile upon us and reach and take Our worn souls Home for the old homes sake Out of the hitherwhere into the yon.
Life is an adventure in forgiving.
The one-page, handwritten suicide note found on the kitchen counter indicated he can no longer keep going, that it had been over 10 years since he started gambling, that there was nothing more destructive than gambling, that it destroyed his life, ... He asks for forgiveness.
Good advice is one of those injuries which a good man ought, if possible, to forgive, but at all events to forget at once.
What shocked me the most about our conversation was that he said, 'Penny, I know you're asking for forgiveness, but what you don't realize is that I forgave you a long time ago.' I couldn't believe it.
In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.