Billy Graham Quotes

When you're betrayed there's a period of shame and then there's always forgiveness.

Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.

If you've had a marriage that ended because of a betrayal in trust on your spouse's behalf, the idea of trusting another person with your heart can seem completely ridiculous.

I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless.

While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.

You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.

Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you.

Forgive yourself. The supreme act of forgiveness is when you can forgive yourself for all the wounds you've created in your own life. Forgiveness is an act of self-love. When you forgive yourself, self-acceptance begins and self-love grows.

The very person you find it hardest to forgive is the one you need to let go of the most. Forgiveness means letting go. It has nothing to do with condoning behavior, it's just letting the whole thing go. We do not have to know how to forgive. All we need to do is be willing to forgive. The Universe will take care of the hows.

They hurt you. You hurt 'em back. Or maybe it is the other way around. Whatever. Someday you might find a way to forgive each other. But it won't be like it used to 'cause that pain never really goes away.

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive and I think that you should.

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood.

Whenever we are ill, we need to search our hearts to see what we need to forgive.

I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you.

If you are resentful, you keep the thing alive. So the way to go on is to get rid of it, in order to forgive in order to forget.

To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves.

To forgive somebody is to say one way or another, "You have done something unspeakable, and by all rights I should call it quits between us. Both my pride and my principles demand no less. However, although I make no guarantees that I will be able to forget what you've done, and though we may both carry the scars for life, I refuse to let it stand between us. I still want you for my friend.

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.

Forgive yourself. Forgive others. Don't wait.

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

Forgiveness is easy. Trust is much more difficult, and should never be given lightly.

Forgiveness is something that we are often asked to grant and very few of us ever have the roadmap of how to get from the pain that we have experienced to being able to forgive someone.

Forgive, but don't forget

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.