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Forgiveness Quotes
"Abandon your resentments, they keep you small."
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"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."
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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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"I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance."
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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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"Forgive the past to welcome the future."
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"Love is blind, and therefore not responsible for whoever she bumps into."
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"If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"To restore a lost relationship is your choice."
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"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting."
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"Forgiveness means letting go of the past."
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"The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world."
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"Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend."
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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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"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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"Tell him everything, it is best. He will forgive you."
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"Forgiveness, no matter your motive, is a dynamic of mutual healing."
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"Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another."
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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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"Forgive those who hurt you yesterday. Reward those who help you today. Remember those who help you tomorrow."
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"You can't forgive your captor and simultaneously be upset at your place in society."
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"Forgive for yourself and for the peace it will bring to your pain."
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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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""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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"The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive."
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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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"One bad turn does not excuse another."
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"Don't see it as forgiving him. See it as allowing yourself to be happy. What will you do with the misery you have chosen? Will you eat misery?"
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"Sometimes you have to look past a person's mistakes to see God's presence."
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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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"There is one thing God's love cannot do. It cannot forgive the unrepentant sinner."
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"I believe what Jesus said was, 'I the Lord will forgive whom I will forgive. But of you it is required that you forgive all men."
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"There are an incalculable-even infinite-number of situations in which we can practice forgiveness. Expecting it to be a singular action-motivated by the sheer imperative to move on and forget-can be more damaging than the original feelings of anger. Accepting forgiveness as pluralistic and as an ongoing, individualized process opens us up to realize the role that our own needs play in conflict resolution."
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"Words matter, but what matters more than words is forgiveness and compassion."
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"Wish for the happiness of your enemies, for if they are happy, they are your enemy no more."
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