FORGIVENESS AND LOVE VS HATE AND RESENTMENT

Forgiveness is to open the door to free and release somebody and then realizing that you are the prisoner to be freed. Max Lucado

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the handcuffs of hate.  William Ward 

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.  Mark Twain

Life is short: Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And Never regret anything that made you smile!!!!  Proverb

Forgiveness is giving up your right to hate me for hurting you. Unknown

If you judge and criticize the people, you will not have time to love them. Mother Teresa

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. For those to whom much is given, much is required. 

John Fitzgerald Kennedy.  35th president of the United States, 1917-1963

When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free. Catherine Ponder

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.  Oscar Wilde

Forgive and forget. Sour grapes make for a lousy wine.  Unknown

When you choose to forgive those who have hurt you, you take away their power. Unknown

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. 

William Ward

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well. Lewis Smedes

Bring into your mind anyone against whom you have a grievance and let it go. Send that person your forgiveness. Unknown

A whisper of love is louder than a chorus of hate. Unknown.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. Bryant McHill

To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. Robert Muller

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Lewis Smedes.

Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologizes or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time. Sara Padison

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas S. Zsazs

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated. Coretta Scott King.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.  Martin Luther King Jr.

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest. Sri Chinmoy

Those who insult others are usually describing themselves.  Jay Huff

You practice forgiveness for two reasons: to let others know that you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with them and to free yourself from the self-defeating energy of resentment. Send love in some form to those you feel have wronged you and notice how much better you feel.  

Dr. Wayne Dyer

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Confucius

If you really want to love, you must learn to forgive. Mother Teresa

Learn to forgive, starting with yourself. Unknown

The measure of love is to love without measure or limitations and ….. if you correct and reprimand somebody, you should do it with love and care, and if you forgive, you should also forgive with deep love.   San Augustine.

I am mature enough to forgive you, but not dumb enough to trust you again.  Unknown.

Before you talk, listen. Before you react, think. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Unknown

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look that becomes a habit. Peter Ustinov

Forgiveness is of high value, yet it costs nothing. Unknown

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. -Paul Boese

Forgiveness begins where blame ends. Leo Bucaglia

Do not judge, and you shall not be judged: do not condemn, and you shall not be condemned: FORGIVE, and you shall be FORGIVEN. Luke 6:37

SOME NEW QUOTES.....to learn and grow.

When anger rises, think of the consequences. ~ Confucius

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.  A. Lincoln

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.”  Plato

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Plato

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.  Tagore

People will not remember what you said, they will remember how you made them feel.  Unknown

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.  Churchill

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.  Mahatma Gandhi

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. Mahatma Gandhi.

Sometimes it is not good enough to do your best; you have to do what's required. - Sir Winston Churchill

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu

The man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. Henry David Thoreau

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone. ~Bill Cosby

Good habits result from resisting temptation. Ancient Proverb

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. - Jimi Hendrix

He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it. -Erica Jong

There are people who have money and people who are rich. Coco Chanel

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. Marcus Aurelius

A hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child. Forest E. Witcraft

Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy. Unknown

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you. Benjamin Jowet

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work. Anatole France

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it. ~ Seneca

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. -Aristotle

Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece. Unknown

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. Jesse Jackson

I would rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate. -George Burns

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. - Carl Jung

Don't worry what people think, they don't do it very often. Unknown

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected. Gandhi

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart. -Thich Nhat Hanh

When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
 GK Chesterton

Treat people like mirrors and watch how you reflect in their eyes. Nnamdi G. Osuagwu

MORE QUOTES....TO KEEP GROWING

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin

“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” – Benjamin Franklin

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin

Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees. Benjamin Franklin

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wiseman is in his heart. Benjamin Franklin

Glass, china and reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended. Benjamin Franklin

“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.” Plato.

“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.” Aristotle

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” Nietzsche

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.   Balzac

“Behind every great fortune there is a crime.” Balzac

"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late." - William Shakespeare

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. ~ Socrates

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.  A. Lincoln

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.”  Plato

“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge” Plato

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” Tagore

People will not remember what you said, they will remember how you made them feel.  Unknown

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” Churchill

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” Mahatma Gandhi

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, andone who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. Gandhi.

"Sometimes it is not good enough to do your best; you have to do what's required." - Sir Winston Churchill

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. ~ Andrew Carnegie

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. Emerson

Those who have few affairs to attend to, are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk. Montesquieu.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.  Louis XIV

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception. Victor Cousin.

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. Sir Walter Bilbey

When a man understands himself, he begins to live. When he begins to live, he begins to understand his fellow men. Norvin G. McGranahan

QUOTES IN SPANISH - FRASES Y PENSAMIENTOS (ESPAÑOL)

DEFINICIÓN DE PROVERBIO:   Sentencia breve  con sabiduría moral. Todos los proverbios llevan siempre un mensaje.  Llena tu vida de proverbios.

 “A fuerza de ir todo mal, comienza todo a ir bien”  FRANCÉS

“Adán cogió la manzana y todavía nos duelen las muelas” HUNGARO

“Antes de cambiar el mundo, da tres vueltas por tu casa” CHINO

“Antes de juzgar a una persona, camina tres lunas en sus zapatos” HIUNDÚ

“Aquel que pregunta es un tonto por 5 minutos, pero el que no pregunta, es un tonto para siempre” CHIN0

“Cuando apuntas con un dedo, recuerda que los otros tres dedos te apuntan a ti”  INGLÉS

“Dame un pez y cenaré esta noche, enséñame a pescar y cenaré siempre”  CHIN0

“El hombre es más duro que el hierro, más fuerte que la piedra y más frágil que una rosa” CHINO

“No te acerques a una cabra por delante, a un caballo por detrás y a un tonto por ningún lado” JUDÍO

“Cuídate del perro que no ladra y del agua mansa” Latino

“La gente se arregla todos los días el cabello, ¿Por qué no el corazón?  CHIN0

Yo me quejaba porque no podía comprarme zapatos, hasta que conocí a un hombre que no tenía pies” Árabe

“La primera vez que me engañes, la culpa será tuya, la segunda, la culpa será mía”  Árabe

"La crueldad es la fuerza de los cobardes". Árabe

“Las palabras de oro van a menudo seguidas por actos de plomo”  Holandés

“Si una cosa tiene solución ¡Para que preocuparse! Y si no tiene ya solución ¡Para que  preocuparse!  Chino

“Bebe y come con tu amigo, pero no trates con él de negocios”  Anónimo

“Las palabras se las lleva el viento, lo escrito permanece siempre” Latino

“Con dinero en el bolsillo, se es inteligente, atractivo  y hasta se canta bien” Judío

“Todo es relativo en la vida.  El clavel es mucho más bello que un repollo, pero probad a hacer una sopa con un clavel” de Puck

“Las lágrimas derramadas son amargas, pero más amargas son las que no se derraman” Irlandés

“Bueno es tener amigos,  aunque sea en el infierno” Español

“Una vez terminado el juego, el rey y el peón vuelven a la misma caja”  Italiano

“No comas todo lo que puedes, no gastes todo lo que tienes, no creas todo lo que oigas, no digas todo lo que sabes” Chino 

Oír es precioso para el que escucha.  Egipcio

"La crueldad es la fuerza de los cobardes". Árabe.

Las mujeres pueden hacer todo, los hombres pueden hacer el resto.

SECOND CHAPTER

There are only three things you need to let go of: judging, controlling, and being right. Release these three and you will have the whole mind and twinkly heart of a child.  ~ Hugh Prather

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." - Thomas Jefferson

Always do right. This will surprise some people and astonish the rest.
  ~ Mark Twain 

Choose your responses carefully. Whether you incite or inspire is your decision.
~ Lorri Vaughter Allen

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store or under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.
  ~ Cindy Lew

You have the opportunity to be a powerful influence on the lives of other people, no matter your position in life. ~ V.J. Smith  

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~ John F. Kennedy  

You never know when one kind act, or one word of encouragement, can change a life forever.
  ~ Zig Ziglar  

True friendship is at the core of any happy life. If our family is our root system, our friends are our fellow branches. We're all striving together, supporting one another, providing shade and comfort. ~Addie Johnson

Say no to anything that is not a high-value use of your time and your life. 
  ~ Brian Tracy  

If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Lao Tzu
 

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. Robert Heinlein

CUANDO DIOS QUIERE....hasta el diablo obedece

CUANDO DIOS QUIERE.

Una señora muy pobre telefoneó para un programa cristiano de radio pidiendo ayuda.

Un brujo del mal que oía el programa consiguió su dirección, llamó a sus secretarios y ordenó que compraran alimentos y los llevaran hacia la mujer, con la siguiente instrucción: Cuando ella pregunte quien mandó estos alimentos, respondan que fue el DIABLO!

Cuando llegaron a la casa, la mujer los recibió con alegría y fue inmediatamente guardando los alimentos que le llevaron los secretarios del brujo.

Al ver que ella no preguntaba nada, ellos le preguntaron: ¿La señora no quiere saber quién le envió estas cosas?

La mujer, en la simplicidad de la fe, respondió:- No, mi hijo.. No es preciso. Cuando Dios manda, hasta el diablo obedece!

NO TE PREOCUPES DE QUÉ MANERA VENDRÁ SU VICTORIA, PERO CUANDO DIOS DETERMINA, ELLA VIENE.

Ten paciencia.. y te sorprenderas.
*DIOS te bendiga, y que tengas un buen día.   

FIRST CHAPTER

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do. -Regina Brett.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is. -George Foreman

"Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would." - Nelson Mandela

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. -Leonardo Da Vinci

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan.

The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King Jr

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. - Mother Teresa

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. -Steve Jobs

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. -Babe Ruth

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't. -Jerry Rice (football professional)

At one point in your life you either have the things you want or the reasons why you don’t. -Andy Roddick (professional tennis player)

People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. - Leonardo da Vinci.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they will remember and are kind to someone else, and it will become like a wildfire. -Whoopi Goldber

Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible. - Uma Thurman

Better to remain silent and be considered as a fool that to speak and remove all doubt. -English proverb.

Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. -Barbra Johnson

I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that, then I realized
I was somebody.
~ Lily Tomlin

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity." - Og Mandino

"Goodness is the only investment that never fails." - Henry David Thoreau

Never, never, never give up." - Winston Churchill

Tough times never last, but tough people do." - Dr. Robert Schuller

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

"Once you choose hope, anything's possible." - Christopher Reeve

"Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough." - Robert Heller

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

"Love without action is meaningless and action without love is irrelevant." - Deepak Chopra

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ~ William James

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times" Aeschylus

"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us." – Voltaire

"Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard

"Live your life and forget your age." - Norman Vincent Peale

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you. ~ Seneca

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing. ~ Seneca

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him. ~ Saint Augustine.

When you choose to forgive those who have hurt you, you take away their power.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war. ~ Plato

It is the nature of every person to err, but only the fool perseveres in error. ~ Cicero

"Everyday, give yourself a good mental shampoo." - Dr. Sara Jordan

"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. "Benjamin Franklin

La paciencia es el punto en que el amor se une con la sabiduria. Mi abuela sabia.

El hombre no posee el poder de crear vida. No posee tampoco, por consiguiente, el derecho a destruirla. Mahatma Gandhi

Si la razón hace al hombre, el sentimiento lo conduce. Jean Jacques Rousseau

El individuo que reconoce su insensatez es un sabio, pero un insensato que se cree sabio es, en verdad, un insensato.   Buda

Considero más valiente al que conquista sus deseos que al que conquista a sus enemigos,ya que la victoria mas dura es la victoria sobre uno mismo. Aristoteles

Servir es la renta que pagamos por el privilegio de vivir en esta tierra. Mi abuela sabia

Y ahora..... para reír un poco..............

No te preocupes si ves a tu ex con alguien nuevo. Tus padres te enseñaron a dar tus juguetes viejos a los menos afortunados. Mi abuela sabia