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Forgiveness Quotes
"A strong gives forgiveness but weak gives permission."
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"It is easier to forgive yourself of a thousand misdeeds than to forgive your enemy of one."
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"She was impressed by its simplicity and its seriousness, and the rage she had cultivated with so much love for so many days faded away on the spot."
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"To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb's betrayal is something we both carry, and since he did it, all I've wanted is for him to take its weight away from me. I am not sure that I'm capable of shouldering it all myself - not sure that I am strong enough, or good enough."
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"He believed in God even if he was doubtful of men's claims to know God's mind. But that a God unable to forgive was no God at all."
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"There is no amount of sin a loving heart cannot forgive."
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"And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?"
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"There's no reason to cry over spilled milk. People cannot change the things that have already happened."
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"Forgiveness is a revolving door positioned in your path. You must step through it to move on, but it takes both timing and choice to escape walking circles inside."
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"While it is good to apologize and ask forgiveness from God, it's just as important (perhaps more so) to extend it towards the person you wronged. Becoming a better person or trying to make amends with the universe only works when you start with the one you owe it to."
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"God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness."
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"Isn't it strange that most of the people who find it very difficult to forgive others, are usually the same ones who expect others to forgive them for their wrongdoings?"
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"When you walk on the face of a world, then forgiveness comes."
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"You are definitely too blessed to be walking around with a heart full of grudges."
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"Blessed are you who forgive. You will forever be happy."
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"A man bumps me on his busy way without so much as an apology. But that is all right. I forgive you, busy man about town with the sharp elbows. Hail and farewell to you! For I, Gemma Doyle, am to have a splendid Christmas in London town. All shall be well.God rest us merry gentlemen. And gentlewomen."
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"Forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable faith means believing the unbelievable and hoping means to hope when things are hopeless."
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"I am sure that if we can find reconciliation with our past " whether parents, partners or friends " we should try and do that. It won't be perfect, it will be a compromise . . . but it might mean acceptance and, the big word, forgiveness."
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"When you see the members of your household as faultless (nirdosh) and see only your own faults, then true pratikraman will be done."
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"Forgiveness is the kindest form of revenge and it brings the sweetest form of peace on earth."
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"Let's forgive someone for Valentines day, it's a great way to show love, and forgive yourself too for the hurt you held onto."
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"There was a lot of apologizing going on, but I realized that was how it was with people you cared about. You forgave each other and moved on."
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"You have divine grace to forgive."
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"Loving those who hate us means wantonly setting the stage and orchestrating the situation in a way that's sure to result in a production of great personal calamity. But to not love them is an even greater calamity."
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"Be courageous enough to forgive yourself, never forget to be compassionate to yourself."
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"In this world, if you raise objections saying, 'my mother-in-law harasses me. My father-in-law harasses me', then there is no end to it. Instead, just put up a sign that says, 'no objection whatsoever!' Even if someone comes raising objection [issues with you], you do not let any problems with him, can you or can you not keep it that way?"
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"A good place to begin, is to forgive yourself for judging in the first place."
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"Forgiveness is the highest form of a gift of kindness and it brings freedom from the prison of hatred and revenge."
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"If one knows how to 'digest' an insult after attaining Self-realization, he will become a 'Gnani' [the enlightened one]. And if he 'digests' an insult before attaining Self-realization, he will become shameless (impudent)."
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"I'll go from world to world until I find a time and place where you can come awake in safety. And I'll tell your story to my people, so that perhaps in time the can forgive you, too. The way that you've forgiven me."
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"Every human being makes mistakes, so why should you be afraid? Go to the One who can get rid of the mistakes and tell him, 'Sir, these are the kind of mistakes I make', so he will show you the solution."
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"Is it atikraman [Hurtful karma] if we eat, cut our hair or brush our teeth? No, it is not like that. Anger-pride-deceit-greed is considered atikraman [Hurtful karma]. If you do pratikraman [Ask for forgiveness], they will all go away."
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"We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop."
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"That's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty."
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"Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends."
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"One who forgives his enemies conquers them, one who loves his enemies conquers himself."
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"When you forgive your enemy, you may no longer have one."
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"Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you."
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"Do not carry the burden of self-judgment. You are forgiven and pardoned."
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"The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith - and He will forgive."
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"Jane, I never meant to wound you thus...Will you ever forgive me?"Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot."
"But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again?"
"Forgiveness is always worthy because it's worth."
"She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil inside ourselves,so we're able to forgive them."
"Real forgiveness in close relationships is never easy. It can't be rushed or engineered."
"The beginning of forgiveness is often exhaustion. You're pooped, thank God."
"God gives us His strength by giving us His vision of things. Our seeing people as innocent is the only way to achieve God's peace."
"Let what offends God offend me, and what God pardons, I pardon."
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