“A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.”
"The greatest tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love."
- W. Somerset Maugham
Love
"We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person."
- W. Somerset Maugham
Love
"Only a mediocre person is always at his best"
- W. Somerset Maugham
Self-awareness
"I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art."
- W. Somerset Maugham
Creativity
"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life."
- W. Somerset Maugham
Healing
"My dear young friends, there is always a way back. Jesus Christ (and His gospel) is the way. You have not committed any sin so serious that you are beyond the reach of the Savior’s love and atoning grace. As you take steps to repent and follow God’s laws, you will begin to feel just how much Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son want you back home with Them! They want you to be happy. They will do anything within Their power that does not violate your agency or Their laws to help you come back."
- President Russell M. Nelson
Forgiveness
"It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody."
- Oprah Winfrey
Forgiveness
"True forgiveness is when you can say, ‘Thank you for that experience.'"
- Oprah Winfrey
Forgiveness
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Forgiveness
"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.'"
Forgiveness