It’s one of the greatest gift you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
- Topic: Forgiveness
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More Quotes from Maya Angelou
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present...gratefully.
My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.
More on Forgiveness
Forgiveness is not an elective in the curriculum of life. It is a required course, and the exams are always tough to pass.
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
It is of particular value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Revenge-seeking minds destroy states, while those seeking reconciliation build nations.
Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives, forgetting loses the lesson.
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.
