The best Quotes by Lewis B. Smedes

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk.

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

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

The only way out of this labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

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

Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver, to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and your ability to love fully and openly.

You may have to declare your forgiveness a hundred times the first day and the second day, but the third day will be less and each day after, until one day you will realize that you have forgiven completely. And then one day you will pray for his wholeness and give him over to me so that my love will burn from his life every vestige of corruption.

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Love means never having to say you're sorry.

There will always be more questions. Every answer leads to more questions. The only way to survive is to let some of them go.

I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps.

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

Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines upon you.

For person with no forgiveness in heart, living even worse punishment than death.

Perhaps the best god would be like a woman, because only women really knew how to forgive.

I really believe in, 'Move on, live and let live, forgive and forget.'

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

But if I've learned one thing, it's this: forgiveness is crucial. If you can't forgive someone you're mad at, that anger will poison you. You have to learn to let it go.

It takes much more courage to be in love than it does for war.

You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shade when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes, you close your window. So that's why I'm scared when you say you love me.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better feeling. A soul mate is someone who understands you like no other, loves you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact that for some, love lives on even after we're gone.

If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one, because if you really loved the first one you wouldn't have fallen for the second.

"How do you spell 'love'?" - "You don't spell it... you feel it."

I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair.
I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare.
I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind.
I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme.
I hate it, I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie.
I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry.
I hate it when you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call.
But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you.
Not even close,
not even a little bit,
not even at all!

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

Every girl is beautiful. Sometimes it just takes the right guy to see it.

It's the way it works: Love plus time minus distance equals hate.

Our fingerprints don't fade from the lifes of those we touch.

At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, it's usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them.

Couples who are truly right for each other wade through the same crap as everybody else, but the big difference is they don't let it take them down. One of those two people will stand up and fight for that relationship every time. If it's right, and they're real lucky, one of them will say something.

A man once asked his father, 'Father, how will I ever find the right woman?'
His father replied 'Forget finding the right woman, focus on being the right man.'

It is not the nature of love to force a relationship, but it is the nature of love to open the way.

You can be in a relationship for two years and feel nothing. You could be in a relationship for two weeks and feel everything. Time is not a measure of love.

When a woman quits on a man, she either got enough of him or she didn't get enough from him.

Love's involved with spending time together, but spending time apart, can lead to loving even more.

If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.

Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that.