Self Forgiveness Quotes - Page 2

• To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

  Confucius

  Positive, Forgiveness, Attitude

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• NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Regret, Communication, Self

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• Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Marriage, Forgiveness, Women

  Marlene Dietrich's ABC (1962)

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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

  Forgiveness, Spiritual, Two

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

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• Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

  Joan Lunden

  Forgiveness, Hurt, Laughter

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  The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

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• Forgiveness multiplies and melts rigid postures. Try again and again with self forgiveness. Be the kind parent to yourself you may not have had.

  Sark

  Self, Parent, Negativity

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

  George MacDonald

  Forgiveness, Receiving Love, Giving

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

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• Lack of forgiveness of others breeds lack of self-forgiveness.

  Albert Ellis

  Forgiveness, Self

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• “I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

  "Gems of Truth & Beauty".

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

  William Blake

  Friendship, Forgiveness, Depressing

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

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• I haven't sought self-forgiveness because I feel I was preyed upon and not responsible for the many bad things that happened to me.

  Liane Holliday Willey

  Self, Responsible, Feels

  Source: www.pathfindermentoring.com

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• Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

  Cherie Carter-Scott

  Motivational, Forgiveness, Anger

  Cherie Carter-Scott (2010). “If Love Is A Game, These Are The Rules”, p.94, Random House

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• When we make mistakes, we can use the process of NVC mourning and self-forgiveness to show us where we can grow instead of getting caught up in moralistic self-judgments.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Mistake, Communication, Self

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