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Forgiveness Quotes
"One minute of reconciliation is worth more than a whole life of friendship!"
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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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"I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness."
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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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"I could forgive you anything but taking my memories. You stepped over the line."
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"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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"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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"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."
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"Forgiveness is the fragrance the flower gives when it is crushed."
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"Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget."
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"Forgiveness means letting go of the past."
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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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"Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive."
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"Frank didn't drop you on purpose, she said. "He's not like that. He's just a little clumsy sometimes."Oops, Leo said, in his best Frank Zhang voice. "Dropped Leo into a squad of enemy soldiers. Dang it!"
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"Such grave matters as sin and forgiveness should remain between man and God."
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"Love is blind, and therefore not responsible for whoever she bumps into."
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"To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves."
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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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"On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level."
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"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?"
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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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"One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious."
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"Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another."
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"Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!"
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"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different."
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"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."
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"When you reach out to those you need to forgive, it is you that will be touched and healed."
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"It was like a dream you might have after death in which lost people came back to life, your friends loved you again no matter what you had done, and your failures were unaccountably forgiven."
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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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"If someone hurts you, to take the revenge, love him."
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"One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him."
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"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting."
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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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"Bring it up, make amends, forgive yourself. It sounds simple, but don't think for a second that it is easy. Getting free from the tyranny of past mistakes can be hard work, but definitely worth the effort. And the payoff is health, wholeness and inner peace. In other words, you get your life back."
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"Forgiveness has the ability to transform our thoughts."
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"I need to learn not just to forget but to forgive."
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"We have to forgive to survive in this labyrinth [of suffering]."
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"Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation."
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"In the classroom of hatred we learn pain, but love teaches us to forgive."
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"Forgiveness does not wipe away the consequences of the sin. The consequences are borne by somebody."
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"My grandmother's last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love, and tolerance."
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"Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense."
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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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"The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?"
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"I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget."
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"Forgive the past to welcome the future."
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"Take revenge, not by hurting someone, but by succeeding in life and helping those who were hurting you in the past."
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"Forgiveness is strength. The strength to move ahead without any resentment."
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