The Heart Mender Quotes

“We begin to forgive by choosing to forgive . . . by deciding, not by feeling. Our feelings don't lead us to forgive. Most times, our feelings lead us the other way. That's why a person has to decide to forgive first. Our feelings always follow along behind our decisions.”
― Andy Andrews, The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

“There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.”
― Andy Andrews, The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free…and discover the prisoner was you.”
― Andy Andrews, The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

“There was a difference between a German and a Nazi,” Mr. Newman stated. “The Kriegsmarine had a lot of Germans . . . not so many Nazis.”
― Andy Andrews, The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

“Perdona —dijo Margaret—. Esa es tu única esperanza, cariño. Perdonar significa liberar a un prisionero... y descubrir que ese prisionero eras tú.”
― Andy Andrews, The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

“to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; and finally from dependence back into bondage.”
― Andy Andrews, The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

“And it is not a new one. In 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, noticed a continuing pattern in the advance and decline of the world’s democracies. “He stated then that a democracy would continue to exist until such time that the voters discover that they can literally vote themselves gifts from the public treasury. From the moment that revelation is made, the majority proceeds to vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury. The final result is that every democracy finally collapses due to loose fiscal policy. That collapse is always followed by a dictatorship.”
― Andy Andrews, The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

“Perdonar significa liberar a un prisionero... y descubrir que ese preso eras tú».”
― Andy Andrews, El descanso: Una historia de segundas oportunidades