Browsing Topic Best Not Forgiving Quotes

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

When you remain angry with another person, you give away your emotional control to that person each time you think of him or here. You allow him or her to control your emotions at long distance. By not forgiving, you allow that person to run your emotional life, exactly as if he or she were right there with you and the situation was occurring all over again.

In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

The narratives we create in order to justify our actions and choices become in so many ways who we are. They are the things we say back to ourselves to explain our complicated lives. Perhaps the reason you’ve not yet been able to forgive yourself is that you’re still invested in your self-loathing. Perhaps not forgiving yourself is the flip side of your stealing-this-now cycle. Would you be a better or worse person if you forgave yourself for the bad things you did? If you perpetually condemn yourself for being a liar and a thief, does that make you good?

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

Not forgiving somebody is like drinking poison and hoping that the offender will get sick.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

By not forgiving, by not letting wrongs go, we aren’t getting back at anyone. We are merely punishing ourselves by barricading our own hearts.

Not forgiving someone hurts you worse than it hurts him…even if he doesn’t deserve to be forgiven…Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren’t the one who put it there.

The Long Earth is bountiful but not forgiving.

A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.

How many times should you forgive your household bruiser? You should not even think about forgiving him. Not yet. Not as long as he has his foot on your neck. Your problem at this point is not forgiving. Your problem is how to get out of his reach. Once you get away from him, you can think about forgiving him.