Forgiveness Quotes - Page 21

• In the range of my character at any given moment, I have acted in the only way it seemed to me I could have acted. This in no way means that I have done what was right; only what was possible for me. Sometimes I have done what I knew was wrong, and have rationalized. But rationalization is a form of desperation. It takes kindness to forgive oneself for one's life.

  Anne Truitt

  Kindness, Mean, Character

  Anne Truitt, Audrey Niffenegger (2013). “Daybook: The Journal of an Artist”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

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• I think one should forgive and remember .... If you forgive and forget in the usual sense, you're just driving what you remember into the subconscious; it stays there and festers. But to look, even regularly, upon what you remember and know you've forgiven is achievement.

  Faith Baldwin

  Thinking, Achievement, Forgive And Forget

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• Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

  Billy Ray Cyrus

  Mistake, Church, Made

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• Nobody will be able to forgive me but myself.

  Ding Ling

  Forgive Me, Forgiving, Able

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• Let bygones be bygones.

  Christina Rossetti

  Bygones, Let Bygones Be Bygones

  Christina Rossetti (2008). “Poems and Prose”, p.123, OUP Oxford

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• Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

  Victor Hugo

  Giving, Quality, Sides

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• Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inspirational, Kindness, Men

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• Kids need love the most when they're acting most unlovable.

  Erma Bombeck

  Kids, Acting, Needs

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• Give plenty of what is given to you, And listen to pity's call. Don't think the little you give is great, And the much you get is small.

  Phoebe Cary

  Thinking, Giving, Littles

  Phoebe Cary (1875). “Ballads for Little Folk”, p.153

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• Take it slowly. The deepest resentments are wrapped up in a lot of hurt and pain. We think we're protecting ourselves by not forgiving. Acknowledge that and go easy on yourself. Forgiveness means that you've decided not to let it keep festering inside even if it only comes up once in awhile. Forgiveness is a powerful yet challenging tool that will support and honor you, even in the most extreme circumstances.

  Howard Martin

  Hurt, Pain, Powerful

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• We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.

  Thomas Merton

  Hate, Compassion, Patient

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• It never hurts to think too highly of a person; often they become ennobled and act better because of it.

  Nelson Mandela

  Hurt, Thinking, Persons

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• Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Forgive And Forget, Forgiving, Ifs

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.206, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

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• There is no inconsistency in God's commanding us not to take upon ourselves what belongs to Him alone. For to execute vengeance belongs to none but Him who is Lord of all; for when the powers of the world rightly accomplish this end, God himself does it who appointed them for the purpose.

  Anselm of Canterbury

  Doe, Purpose, World

  St. Anselm of Canterbury “Anselm's Philosophy”, Lulu.com

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• Even forgiveness, if weak and passive, is not true: fight is better. Forgive when you could bring legions of angels to the victory.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Angel, Fighting, Forgiving

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3688, Manonmani Publishers

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• We are certain that there is forgiveness, because there is a Gospel, and the very essence of the Gospel lies in the proclamation of the pardon of sin.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Lying, Essence, Sin

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 50: Sermons 2864-2915”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• It may be easier to get forgiveness than permission, but trust is harder to get back than both.

  Ingrid Weir

  May, Easier, Permission

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• As nice as we are in love, we forgive more faults in that than in friendship.

  Henry Home, Lord Kames

  Nice, Forgiving, Faults

  Henry HOME (Lord Kames.) (1775). “Introduction to the art of thinking. Third edition. Enlarged with additional maxims and illustrations. [By Henry Home, Lord Kames.]”, p.25

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• One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.

  William James

  Heart, Wrestling, Laughing

  William James, Robert D Richardson (2010). “The Heart of William James”, p.132, Harvard University Press

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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.

  Scott Stapp

  Hurt, Thinking, Phones

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• Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.

  Saadi

  Oppressors, Wounds, Commendable

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.150, Innovations and Information

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• We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

  T. D. Jakes

  God, Nursing, Past

  T.D. Jakes (2013). “Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• At times anger will trigger harsh words. After a cooling the ability to speak from the heart with love and compassion.

  Ana Monnar

  Heart, Compassion, Speak

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• Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.

  Christina Baldwin

  Inspirational, People, Admitting

  Christina Baldwin (1991). “Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest”, Bantam

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• A grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.

  William Walton

  Bees, Grudge, Anger And Pain

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