Forgiveness Quotes - Page 3

• Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Forgiveness entails the authentic acceptance of our own worthiness as human beings, the understanding that mistakes are opportunities for growth, awareness and the cultivation of compassion, and the realization that the extension of love to ourselves and others is the glue that holds the universe together. Forgiveness...is not a set of behaviors, but an attitude.

  Joan Z. Borysenko

  Attitude, Mistake, Acceptance

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• Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Friendship, Two Friends, Long

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• Forgiving is not forgetting. It is remembering and letting go.

  Claudia Black

  Letting Go, Forgiving, Remember

  Claudia Black (2009). “Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment, and Fear”, p.1, Hazelden Publishing

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  A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.

  Ruth Graham

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

  Ruth Bell Graham, Gigi Tchividjian (2009). “A Quiet Knowing”, p.42, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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?

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Life, Success, Evil

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• Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

  Pope Francis

  God, Christian, Jesus

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• Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Past, Understanding

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “A Woman's Worth”, p.7, Ballantine Books

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• Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

  Nhat Hanh

  Peace, Practice, Action

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.36, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

  Alan Paton

  Forgiving, Done, Injury

  Alan Paton (2011). “Too Late The Phalarope”, p.278, Simon and Schuster

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• Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it can make you a doormat or an insufferable manipulator. Forgiving seems almost unnatural. Our sense of fairness tells us people should pay for the wrong they do. But forgiving is love's power to break nature's rule.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  People, Risk, Forgiving

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• You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Mean, Compassion

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• Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

  Lawana Blackwell

  Relationship, Selfish, Forgiving

  Lawana Blackwell (2008). “The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark (The Gresham Chronicles Book #3)”, p.433, Baker Books

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• Forgiveness is an inner correction that lightens the heart. It is for our peace of mind first. Being at peace, we will now have peace to give to others, and this is the most permanent and valuable gift we can possibly give.

  Gerald Jampolsky

  Peace, Heart, Giving

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• You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything...We don't have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing it. Forgiving heals us personally. To tolerate everything only hurts us all in the long run.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Running, Hurt, Long

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• It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.

  Horace

  Grants, Offense, Asks

  "Satires" by Horace, I. 3. 74 in,

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• Without forgiveness, there's no future.

  Desmond Tutu

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Letting Go

  "Archbishop Desmond Tutu". Interview with Frank Lipman, www.bewell.com. April 14, 2009.

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• Forgiveness is a sign that the person who has wronged you means more to you than the wrong they have delt.

  Ben Greenhalgh

  Mean, Apology, Persons

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• Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

  George MacDonald

  Joy, Clean, Value Of Love

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• Forgiveness is taking seriously the awfulness of what has happened when you are treated unfairly. Forgiveness is not pretending that things are other than the way they are.

  Desmond Tutu

  Way, Pretending, Treated

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  People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

  Bill Cosby

  Inspirational, Moving On, Letting Go

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• I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

  James A. Baldwin

  Encouragement, Pain, Hate

  "Me and My House". Harper's Magazine, November 1955.

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• Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Hurt, Pain

  "Is It Too Late Now To Say Sorry? The Power of Forgiveness" by Margaret Hession, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 4, 2017.

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• Whatever our religion, we know that if we really want to love, we must first learn to forgive before anything else.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Forgive And Forget, Forgiving

  "No Greater Love".

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