{"quotes":[{"text":"By forgiving we become free.","author":"Debasish Mridha","tags":["become-free","debasish","debasish-mridha","forgiving","free","mridha","philosophy"],"id":5497,"author_id":"Debasish+Mridha"},{"text":"Never sever ties with a family member you once loved. Each of you might be on different spiritual paths, but both trails are leading you home.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["blessings","choices","compassion","empathy","faith","family","family-s-our-forever","fights","forgiving","healing","illness","learning","lessons","loss-of-family","loss-of-sister","love","mending","mental-disorders","misunderstanding","never-or-forever","obedience","redemption","religion","repairing","restoring","sisters","spiritual-journeys","spiritual-paths","tests","trials","wellness"],"id":6611,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive.","author":"Germany Kent","tags":["advice-for-daily-living","advice-for-life","advice-for-men","advice-for-women","don-t-hate","don-t-hate-people","don-t-hate-them","for","forgetting","forgiveness","forgiveness","forgiving","germany-kent","germany-kent","hat","hate","hope-guru","inspirational","justice","let-go","let-go-let-god","let-go-of-past","let-it-go","letting-go","letting-go-of-the-past","letting-go","life","life-and-living","life-changing","life-lessons","life-philosophy","life-and-sayings","move-on","moving-forward","moving-forward","moving-on-advice","moving-on-and-letting-go","moving-on-letting-go","moving-on","pray","pray-and-forgive","prayer","prayer","praying-life","the-hope-guru"],"id":7480,"author_id":"Germany+Kent"},{"text":"Have you ever stopped to think that maybe God isn't trying to save you? Maybe, he is trying to remove all that hurt and anger inside of you so you can save everyone in this situation? Maybe, today you could be that peaceful warrior. Maybe, for once in your life you could not react, but respond. God is waiting for you to be his hero and heal people. When will you love, not hate? When will you show the best part of who you are? You have the power to be someone great. You can show kindness, compassion, mercy and love if you want to. You have been running your entire life thinking peace is found in what you hurt or cut away from your life. Have you ever considered peace is found in what you love, restore, bring kindness to and forgive? Maybe, today is your day to be someone different--someone the world can say was different because they cared about everyone's feelings.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["be-different","be-like-christ","caring","compassion","forgive-others","forgive-the-past","forgiving","kindness","loving","peace","peace-making","peaceful-warrior","positive-criticism","rise-up","smile","socrates","stay-positive"],"id":9975,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.","author":"Jodi Picoult","tags":["forgiving","future","past","trap","yourself"],"id":22128,"author_id":"Jodi+Picoult"},{"text":"Forgiveness is not a gift you give someone else, forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself.","author":"Donald L. Hicks","tags":["forgiveness","forgiveness","forgiving","gift"],"id":41473,"author_id":"Donald+L.+Hicks"},{"text":"Truth is never a straight line; it is a circle that will take you back to what you know, in order to challenge your belief in what is fair, what is real, what is forgiveable, what is not and what type of person will you become today now that you know.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["acceptance","behind-bull","betrayal","cruelty","deceit","forgive","forgiving","hurt","hurting","know","lies","overcoming","overcoming-it","pain","perspective","rising-above-it","rising-higher","straight-line","truth","truth-followers","truth-seekers"],"id":46988,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Don't wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly... Lead the way!","author":"Steve Maraboli","tags":["compassionate-grateful","forgiving","friendly","generous","giving","happiness","life","loving","success"],"id":48770,"author_id":"Steve+Maraboli"},{"text":"Forgiveness in God's eyes is unconditional; no matter what you have done, you can receive forgiveness.","author":"E'yen A. Gardner","tags":["forgiveness","forgiveness","forgiving","god-s-love-for-us","unconditional-love"],"id":49547,"author_id":"E%27yen+A.+Gardner"},{"text":"Just please understand that everyone is going through a rough time as well. Even if they are hiding behind money or a simple smile. We are all continuously stumbling as we go about our lives. If we had perfect lives we'd all be perfect people. Only thing we can learn to do is endure or we will not be happy and happiness is the closest thing to perfect.","author":"Hyrum Yeakley","tags":["admire","admire-ration","all","always","appreciate","appreciation","belief","beliefs","believe","brain","charity","christ","church","circle","clear","college","compassion","conviction","dark","depressed","depression","doubt","ear-hear","education","endure","energy","faith","family","fascinating","first","forgive","forgiving","fourth","friends","god","good","happy","heaven","holy","hope","hopeful","human","learning","lesson","lessons","life","light","listen","love","magnificent","mercy","mind","money","motivation","motivational","nature","new","only","peace","people","profound","progress","progression","question","questioning","real","repent","sad","school","second","third","time","understand","understanding","unity","voice","willing","willingness"],"id":64077,"author_id":"Hyrum+Yeakley"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":86,"pages":9,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}