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Forgiveness Quotes
"At last he understood that he has always been forgiven and worthy of love,and that no one could take that from him, that not even he could take that from himself."
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"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."
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"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."
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"One minute of reconciliation is worth more than a whole life of friendship!"
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"Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness."
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"Bless them that persecute you.' If our enemy cannot put up with us any longer and takes to cursing us, our immediate reaction must be to lift up our hands and bless him. Our enemies are the blessed of the Lord. Their curse can do us no harm. May their poverty be enriched with all the riches of God, with the blessing of Him whom they seek to oppose in vain. We are ready to endure their curses so long as they redound to their blessing."
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"I'm sorry about yesterday," she said.He hung on to his straps and shrugged. "Yesterday happens."
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"I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!"
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"Tell him everything, it is best. He will forgive you."
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"Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn't depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us."
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"Such grave matters as sin and forgiveness should remain between man and God."
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"Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons."
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"Forgiveness, no matter your motive, is a dynamic of mutual healing."
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"We have to forgive to survive in this labyrinth [of suffering]."
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"I will never regret not denouncing apartheid."
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"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."
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"Forgiveness means letting go of the past."
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"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."
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"The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world."
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"You can't forgive your captor and simultaneously be upset at your place in society."
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"A strong person forgives even the most unforgivable."
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"Love is blind, and therefore not responsible for whoever she bumps into."
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"Forgiveness leads to healing of wounds and restoration health."
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"It takes a human being to not do wrong in return."
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"Forgiving yourself can prove as difficult as licking a scab off your elbow."
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"The only way we can change an enemy to a friend is by forgiveness."
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"An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness."
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"Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another."
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"We have all suffered losses and pain, but no loss is greater than a life lost holding-on to a painful past."
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"Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation."
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"Forgive those who hurt you yesterday. Reward those who help you today. Remember those who help you tomorrow."
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"It was gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of her manner in rejecting him, and all the unjust accusations accompanying her rejection."
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"Forgive and forget ugliness. Look around to find beauty and focus on it."
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"Forgive for yourself and for the peace it will bring to your pain."
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"Forgiveness is the way we break the grip that long-held resentments have on our hearts."
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"Forgive yourself and you will be happy. Forgive everything and you will be happiest."
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"Put down your stones. Why are you breaking the window when God has left the door wide open? If you are afraid, lover, follow me. I will guide the way."
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"To forgive is to refuse to contaminate the future with the errors of the past."
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"I felt ashamed for having judged him so harshly without knowing the real boy. His one offense against me-goaded by Charlie's bullying character-was easy to forgive."
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"Abandon your resentments, they keep you small."
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"Even when someone hurts you, you choose how to struggle, resist, deny and receive."
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""I can forgive but I cannot forget" is only another way of saying "I will not forgive." Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note-torn in two and burned up so that it never can be shown against one."
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"No one can claim perfection, that's why everyone needs a second chance ad infinitum."
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"The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive."
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"Forgiveness is a process of accepting the past and welcoming the mysterious beauty of the future."
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"Don't just shun them; don't kill them! Don't curse them; don't harm them! Pray for them, for they all a good part of the story; get understanding, and disarm them with wit and wisdom!"
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