Forgiveness Quotes - Page 9

• The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

  Thomas Szasz

  Life, Letting Go, Wise

  The Second Sin (1973) "Personal Conduct"

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• Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

  Laurence Sterne

  Motivational, Brave, Forgiving

  Laurence Sterne (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Laurence Sterne (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics

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• The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

  Israel Zangwill

  Life, Memories, Inspiration

  Israel Zangwill (1921). “The Voice of Jerusalem”

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• Spoken forgiveness, no matter how heartfelt, works best when we do not demand the response we want. I mean that when we tell people we forgive them, we must leave them free to respond to our good news however they are inclined. If the response is not what we hoped for, we can go home and enjoy our own healing in private.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Healing, Home, Mean

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• It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

  Lana Turner

  Movie, Forgiving, Enemy

  Lana Turner (1982). “Lana--the lady, the legend, the truth”, Dutton Adult

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• Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

  Charles Williams

  Party, Broken, Forgiving

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• I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.

  Chaim Herzog

  Forgiving, Forget The Past, Forgetfulness

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• They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

  William Blake

  Forgiving, Headstone, Gravestone

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• None of us wants to admit that we hate someone... When we deny our hate we detour around the crisis of forgiveness. We suppress our spite, make adjustments, and make believe we are too good to be hateful. But the truth is that we do not dare to risk admitting the hate we feel because we do not dare to risk forgiving the person we hate.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Hate, Believe, Risk

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• When we forgive, the slave we free is ourselves.

  Edward Hallowell

  Forgiving, Slave

  Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. (2010). “Dare to Forgive”, p.20, Health Communications, Inc.

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• Forgiveness is better than revenge.

  Pittacus of Mytilene

  Revenge, Good Life, Forgiving

  As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius in "Life of Pittacus", i. 76,

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• Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive. There is nothing amazing about being rich or highly educated; only when the individual has a warm heart do these attributes become worthwhile.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Spiritual, Buddhist

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• We tend to lack humility toward love, to patronize it rather than bow before it, to put mundane considerations before the emotional need to hold someone in our arms.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Inspirational, Peace

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• Gandhi was right: if we all live by 'an eye for an eye' the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Eye, World, Way

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• The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

  William Blake

  Faith, Christian Inspirational, Religion

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.201, Univ of California Press

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• We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.

  Ellen Goodman

  Love, Gratitude, Kindness

  Ellen Goodman (1981). “At Large”

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• When women love, they forgive everything...

  Honore de Balzac

  Forgiving

  "The Muse of the Department". Book by Honoré de Balzac, 1843.

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• If you choose to forgive someone who has wronged you rather than to hate that person, you shift the frequency of your Light.

  Gary Zukav

  Hate, Light, Forgiving

  FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Jan 09, 2017

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• A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

  E. W. Howe

  Men, Forgiving, Literature

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• It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

  Patty Duke

  Inspirational, Grieving, People

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• Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

  Emma Goldman

  Inspirational, Understanding, Forgiving

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• God is the original, master forgiver. Each time we grope our reluctant way through the minor miracle of forgiving, we are imitating his style. I am not at all sure that any of us would have had imagination enough to see the possibilities in this way to heal the wrongs of this life had he not done it first.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Imagination, Miracle, Style

  Lewis B. Smedes, Jeff Crosby (2007). “Days of Grace Through the Year”, InterVarsity Press

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• Forgiving is one of the most difficult things for a human being to do, but I think it means looking at some slight you feel, putting yourself in the position of the other person, and wiping away any sort of resentment and antagonism you feel toward them. Then let that other person know that everything is perfectly friendly and normal between you.

  Jimmy Carter

  Anger, Mean, Thinking

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• Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past.

  Kenny Loggins

  Freedom, Real, Creativity

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

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• I pardon him, as God shall pardon me.

  William Shakespeare

  Pardon Me, Pardon

  William Shakespeare (2013). “The Wars of the Roses In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V”, p.1174, BookCaps Study Guides

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