Forgiveness Quotes - Page 37

• And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

  Martin Scorsese

  Kindness, Compassion, People

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• Don't let the sun go down on me.

  Elton John

  Anger, Angry Man, Rejection

  Song: Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, 1974

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• It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be. Salvation and Christ's love is a gift. You don't earn it. You've got to receive that gift. I think one of the most important things is starting off the day forgiving others and forgiving yourself. You learn from your mistakes, but I don't think you have to drag them back into today.

  Joel Osteen

  Letting Go, Mistake, Love Is

  "Joel Osteen on Power of Prayer, Forgiveness, Trusting in God's Timetable". Interview with Melissa Barnhart, www.christianpost.com. September 24, 2013.

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• The enslaver is enslaved, the hater, harmed.

  Marianne Moore

  Hate

  Marianne Moore (1994). “Complete Poems”, p.136, Penguin

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• Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on

  Criss Jami

  Moving, Character, Broken

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.93, Criss Jami

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• There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world,--a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills. Men take one who has offended, and set him down before the blowpipe of their indignation, and scorch him, and burn his fault into him; and when they have kneaded him sufficiently with their fiery fists, then--they forgive him.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Forgiving, Faults

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.72

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• Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest.

  Honore de Balzac

  Bears, Debtors, Trouble

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• No woman allows her lover to descend from his pedestal. Even a god is not forgiven the slightest pettiness.

  Honore de Balzac

  Pedestal, Lovers, Pettiness

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• I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.

  Logan Pearsall Smith

  Funny, Friendship, Forgiving

  Afterthoughts (1931) "Age and Death"

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• The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Positive, Respect, Mother

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• A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.

  William Arthur Ward

  Forgiving, Prison, Not Forgiving

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• Forgiveness is not an occassional act; it is a permanent attitude.

  James Van Praagh

  Inspiring, Attitude, Permanent

  "Martin Luther King and the Power of Prayer", www.huffingtonpost.com. January 15, 2015.

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• It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don't want to lose someone, even if they don't deserve our forgiveness.

  Deb Caletti

  Forgiving, Want, Wonder

  Deb Caletti (2011). “Honey, Baby, Sweetheart”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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• Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  New Beginnings, Mean, Creating

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.65, Beacon Press

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• It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

  Karl Barth

  Christian, Looks, Sin

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• Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood.

  Mark Twain

  Forgive And Forget, Forgiving, Difficult

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.34, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Life is too short to live that way. Learn to travel light. Every morning when you first get up, forgive the people that did you wrong the day before. Forgive your spouse for what they said. At the start of the day, let go of the disappointments, the set backs from yesterday. Start every morning fresh and new. God did not create you to carry around all that baggage. Let it go and move forward in the life of blessing He has in store for you!

  Joel Osteen

  Letting Go, Morning, Disappointment

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• Love is an act of endless forgiveness. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

  Peter Ustinov

  Determination, Work, Mean

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• Being a human being without forgiveness is like being a guitarist without fingers or being the diva without a tongue.

  Jimmy Santiago Baca

  Tongue, Fingers, Humans

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• People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

  Douglas Coupland

  Family, Beauty, People

  Douglas Coupland (2008). “All Families are Psychotic”, p.146, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.

  Molly Ringwald

  Forgiving, Way

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• An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Revenge, Eye, Jesus Christ

  Kurt Vonnegut (2013). “If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young”, p.26, RosettaBooks

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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.

  Edward Albert

  Simple, Understanding, Survival

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• The unforgivable sin is the refusal to pardon.

  George Santayana

  Unforgivable Sin, Refusal, Pardon

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• The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness.

  Frederick William Robertson

  Men, Forgiving, He Man

  Frederick William Robertson (1858). “Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series”, p.160

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