Power Of Forgiveness Quotes - Page 2

• Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

  Jean Paul

  Beautiful, Forgiveness, Humanity

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• What power has love but forgiveness?

  William Carlos Williams

  Forgiveness

  Oriole Farb Feshbach, William Carlos Williams (1991). “Illuminations: images by Oriole Farb Feshbach for the poem "Asphodel, that greeny flower" by William Carlos Williams”, Midmarch Arts Pr

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• Don't let the sun go down on me.

  Elton John

  Forgiveness, Anger, Angry Man

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

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• Yes, this is what good is: to forgive evil. There is no other good.

  Antonio Porchia

  Forgiveness, Evil, Forgiving

  "Voices". Book by Antonio Porchia, 1943.

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• Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

  Phillips Brooks

  Forgiveness, Faults, Bears

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• Forgive those who have hurt you.

  Les Brown

  Forgiveness, Hurt, Forgiving

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• It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

  Jessamyn West

  Forgiveness, Easter, Mistake

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• What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Forgiven

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.78, BookBaby

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  Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Broken Heart, Forgiveness, Heartbroken

  "Healing by Degrees" by Jean-Paul Bedard, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2014.

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

  George Herbert

  Relationship, Forgiveness, Faith

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• There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Forgiveness, Worst Enemy, Evil

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.39, Beacon Press

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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, Forgiveness, Wise

  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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• Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Forgiveness, Dream, Children

  "Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjöld, 1963.

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• Genuine forgiveness is participation, reunion overcoming the powers of estrangement. . . We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.

  Paul Tillich

  Forgiveness, Acceptance, Our Love

  Paul Tillich (2005). “The New Being”, p.10, U of Nebraska Press

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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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• I still believe in the power of forgiveness. I believe in the power of redemption. Today I manned up and tried to accept responsibility for the errors of my ways. And I still believe in the resurrection.

  Jesse Jackson, Jr.

  Believe, Responsibility, Errors

  "Jesse Jackson Jr. going to prison; says he 'manned up'" by Dan Merica, Larry Lazo and Leslie Bentz, www.cnn.com. August 14, 2013.

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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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• Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

  Abraham Lincoln

  Friendship, Forgiveness, Peace

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

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• Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

  Desmond Tutu

  Inspiring, Forgiveness, New Beginnings

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• Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Love, Inspirational, Forgiveness

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (2000). “Life's Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness”, p.52, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Love, Inspirational, Forgiveness

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• The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.

  Immaculee Ilibagiza

  Forgiveness, World, Bigs

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