Forgiveness Quotes - Page 4

• You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

  Max Lucado

  God, Faith, Christian

  Twitter post from Jul 18, 2014

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• It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

  William Blake

  Friendship, Depressing, Betrayal

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.251, Univ of California Press

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• To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.

  Robert Muller

  Love, Happiness, Beautiful

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• He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

  George Herbert

  Bridges, Heaven, Forgiving

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• Good to forgive, Best to forget.

  Robert Browning

  Forgiving, Forget

  'La Saisiaz' (1878) prologue

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• Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Heart, Giving, Today

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• Forgiveness is the final form of love.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Love, Philosophical, Forgive And Forget

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• He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Wise, Wisdom

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.64, Beacon Press

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• If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

  Cesare Pavese

  Inspirational, Travel, Memorable

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• Forgiving those who hurt us is the key to personal peace.

  Ulysses G. Weatherly

  Hurt, Keys, Forgiving

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• In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said seventy times seven. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jesus, Political, Forgiving

  "Hillary the Pol" by Connie Bruck, www.newyorker.com. May 30, 1994.

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• The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.

  Catherine Ponder

  Life Changing, Forgiving, Mind

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• Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Inspirational, Heart, Temperature

  Corrie ten Boom (1974). “Tramp for the Lord: The Story that Begins Where The Hiding Place Ends”, p.57, CLC Publications

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• Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Peace, Forgive And Forget, Humanity

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• Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

  George MacDonald

  Receiving Love, Giving, I Forgive You

  George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.1838, Delphi Classics

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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.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Spiritual, Two, Forgive And Forget

  Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor (1860). “Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher”, p.108

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• You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.

  John Green

  Love, Inspirational, Hate

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.207, Penguin

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• We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.

  Dorothy Day

  Life, Weed, Peace

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• As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy a rent-free space in your mind.

  Isabelle Holland

  Space, Long, Forgiving

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• When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life, Inspiring, Hurt

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• Forgiveness is not about the other person or what they did. Forgiveness is for YOU and about YOU.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Persons

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• One forgives to the degree that one loves.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Valentines Day, Life Changing, Love You

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• There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

  Josh Billings

  Revenge, Vengeance, No Revenge

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• It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

  William Shakespeare

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• It seems that most people need to experience a great deal of suffering before they will relinquish resistance and accept - before they will forgive.

  Eckhart Tolle

  People, Suffering, Forgiving

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.179, New World Library

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