Self Forgiveness Quotes

• To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

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• The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

  Alden Nowlan

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Wise

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• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

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• Self-forgiveness is essential to self-healing.

  Ruth Carter Stapleton

  Healing, Self, Essentials

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• Little vicious minds abound with anger and revenge and are incapable of feeling te pleasure of forgiving their enemies.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Forgiveness, Revenge, Feelings

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• The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

  Lawana Blackwell

  Forgiveness, Heart, Hatred

  Lawana Blackwell (2008). “The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark (The Gresham Chronicles Book #3)”, p.443, Baker Books

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• Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

  J. K. Rowling

  Forgiveness, People, Forgiving

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

  Alan Paton

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Done

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

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• When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.

  Catherine Ponder

  Relationship, Forgiveness, Emotional

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• Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Love, Forgiveness, Positive Thinking

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• Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim.

  Liane Holliday Willey

  Thinking, Self, People

  Source: www.pathfindermentoring.com

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• All forgiveness is self forgiveness.

  Wayne Dyer

  Self

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• Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Broken Heart

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• Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

  Joan Lunden

  Forgiveness, Hurt, Laughter

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• As for discipline—it's important, but sort of overrated. The more important virtue for a writer, I believe, is self-forgiveness. Because your writing will always disappoint you. Your laziness will always disappoint you.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Believe, Writing, Self

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• Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business.

  Lance Morrow

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Past

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• Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

  Roberto Assagioli

  Life, Forgiveness, Spiritual

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• Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.

  Harriet Nelson

  Forgiveness, Letting Go, Offended You

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• Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

  Hannah Arendt

  Forgiveness, Life Changing, Being Hurt

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

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• The weak can never forgive.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strength, Being Strong, Forgiveness

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.155, A&C Black

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• He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

  George Herbert

  Relationship, Forgiveness, Faith

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• Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing

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• Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Forgiveness

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

  Thomas Szasz

  Life, Forgiveness, Letting Go

  The Second Sin (1973) "Personal Conduct"

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