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Forgiveness Quotes
"It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins."
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"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."
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"As Christ bore and received us as sinners so we in his fellowship may bear and receive sinners into the fellowship of Christ through the forgiving of sins."
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"Telling the story, acknowledging what has happened and how you feel, is often a necessary part of forgiveness."
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"There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury."
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"Can you forgive her? Can you do that?There was no response.Because if you can start to forgive, then it will become easier.And?And then you will be able to forgive yourself-and ask others to forgive you."
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"The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world."
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"To err is human, to forgive, divine."
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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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"Forgiveness leads to love, and love leads to forgiveness."
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"These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost."
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"Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend."
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"Maybe the word forgive points in the wrong direction, since it's something you mostly give yourself, not anyone else: you put down the ugly weight of old suffering, untie yourself from the awful, and walk away from it."
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"A strong person forgives even the most unforgivable."
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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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"I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members."
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"Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you."
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"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness."
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"May we be enabled to say "No" to sin and "Yes" to the sinner."
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"What he did was wrong. He doesn't deserve your love. But he does deserve your forgiveness, because otherwise he will grow like a weed in your heart until it's choked and overrun. The only person who suffers, when you squirrel away all that hate, is you."
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"He was gone, and I did not have time to tell him what I had just now realized: that I forgave him, and that she forgave us, and that we had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth. There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things left undone that day. Things that did not go right, things that seemed okay at the time because we could not see the future. If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless."
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"God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do."
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"You can't forgive your captor and simultaneously be upset at your place in society."
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"In relationships, everyone makes mistakes. If you are forgiven for yours, don't take it for granted."
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"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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"I hoped and prayed that they would someday forgive me for leaving them. I hoped and prayed that I would someday forgive myself for leaving them."
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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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"Forgive those whose actions are the outcome of their personality, and forget those whose personalities are the outcome of their actions."
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"Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons."
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"I will never regret not denouncing apartheid."
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"Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual."
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"Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart."
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"Forgiveness is the fragrance the flower gives when it is crushed."
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"I'm sorry Penelope." "Don't waste my time with sorries,Simon.If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other's toes,we'll never have time to be friends."
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"To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment."
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"I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness."
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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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"Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge."
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"And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad."
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"Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget."
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"Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts."
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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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"What I've learned over the years is that people shouldn't be defined by a single mistake. Everyone messes up," she said. "You have to forgive yourself and move one."
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"Did she say anything before she died?" he asked."Yes," the surgeon said. "She said, 'Forgive him'""Forgive him?" my father asked."I think she was referring to the drunk driver who killed her."Wow.My grandmother's last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love and tolerance.She wanted us to forgive Gerald, the dumb-ass Spokane Indian alcoholic who ran her over and killed her.I think My Dad wanted to go find Gerald and beat him to death.I think my mother would have helped him.I think I would have helped him, too.But my grandmother wanted us to forgive her murderer.Even dead, she was a better person than us."
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"To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget."
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"Abandon your resentments, they keep you small."
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