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Forgiveness Quotes
"Forgiveness is the flower of love and kindness, it only grows in the bravest heart."
"To restore a lost relationship is your choice."
"Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual."
"God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness."
"There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury."
"We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness."
"Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart."
"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting."
"Forgiveness is the kindest form of revenge and it brings the sweetest form of peace on earth."
"It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission."
"Forgive to be free, let go to grow like a tree."
"Forgiveness is the fragrance the flower gives when it is crushed."
"My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness."
"Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong."
"Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts."
"Forgive everyone. Forgive every misery and misfortune with love."
"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."
"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one."
"Forgive those who hurt you yesterday. Reward those who help you today. Remember those who help you tomorrow."
"Forgiveness means letting go of the past."
"I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members."
"Forgiveness is accepting someone's faults with love and kindness."
"Forgiveness is the best gift of love and kindness that we can give to our enemies."
"On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level."
"For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?"
"You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well."
"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom."
"I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred."
"The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world."
"Be courageous enough to forgive yourself, never forget to be compassionate to yourself."
"Forgive and forget ugliness. Look around to find beauty and focus on it."
"Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend."
"Forgiveness is the highest form of a gift of kindness and it brings freedom from the prison of hatred and revenge."
"Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions."
"Without forgiveness, there's no future."
"Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life."
"Forgive yourself and you will be happy. Forgive everything and you will be happiest."
"Forgiveness is the most compassionate way toward the peace."
"The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church's testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all, but had been applied in various churches; perhaps, however, with no strict consistency."
"Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
"Anger slowly. Forgive quickly. Trust cautiously. Love easily."
"I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget."
"To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget."
"How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?"
"Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness."
"To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment."
"I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness."
"When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge."
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