Forgiveness Quotes - Page 23

• A grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.

  William Walton

  Bees, Grudge, Anger And Pain

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• Do you prefer that you be right or happy?

  Norman Cousins

  Happy Birthday, Recycling

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• To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.

  Sylvia Fraser

  Healing, Cornerstones

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• Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

  Louis Dudek

  Law, Forgiving, Lasts

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• My brain must have felt sorry for me, so it'd created the only type of guy I could touch - a fantasy one.

  J. Lynn

  Im Sorry, Guy, Brain

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• God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.

  Timothy Keller

  Grace, Perpetrators, Giver

  Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.56, Penguin

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• We are certain that there is forgiveness, because there is a Gospel, and the very essence of the Gospel lies in the proclamation of the pardon of sin.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Lying, Essence, Sin

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 50: Sermons 2864-2915”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• I never forgive, but I always forget.

  Arthur Balfour

  Forgiving, Never Forget, Forgetfulness

  In R. Blake Conservative Party (1970) ch. 7

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• Use each interaction to be the best, most powerful version of yourself.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Inspirational, Peace

  "Marianne Williamson: 10 Ways To Stay Spiritually Connected" By Marianne Williamson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 9, 2013.

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• The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Inspirational, Peace

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• I don't believe that to understand is necessarily to pardon, but I feel that to understand makes one forget that one cannot pardon.

  Rebecca West

  Believe, Forget, Pardon

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• Forgiveness is not simply the absolving of an enemy, or one who has done us wrong. Forgiveness must encompass all those things which disturb the tranquility of our soul: the barking dog that robs you of sleep, the heat of summer, the cold of winter. Forgive the ingrown toenail, the flea that bites; forgive the cranky child, wrinkles, a forgotten birthday.

  Barbara Wood

  Summer, Dog, Children

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• Forgiveness does not come easily to us, especially when someone we have trusted betrays our trust. And yet if we do not learn to forgive, we will discover that we can never really rebuild trust.

  Billy Graham

  Forgiving, Doe, Betray

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.27, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We cannot ask forgiveness over and over again for our sins, and then return to our sins, expecting God to forgive us. We must turn from our practice of sin as best we know how, and turn to Christ by faith as our Lord and Savior.

  Billy Graham

  Practice, Forgiving, Return

  Franklin Graham, Billy Graham (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.144, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.

  Billy Graham

  Forgiving, Sin, Forget

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.28, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.

  Catherine the Great

  Work, Teaching, Forgive Me

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• You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

  John Knox

  Action, Influence

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• Forgive yourself first. Let go of past hurts and direct your spirit to goodness and hope by having gratitude.

  Janet Taylor Spence

  Letting Go, Gratitude, Hurt

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• Forgive the person who has caused the most pain in your life and it will make you feel better.

  Suzanne Somers

  Pain, Feel Better, Forgiving

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• Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

  Billy Ray Cyrus

  Mistake, Church, Made

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• A heart filled with anger has no room for love.

  Joan Lunden

  Anger, Heart, Forgiving

  Joan Lunden (2001). “Wake-up calls”, McGraw-Hill Companies

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• The sun should not set upon our anger, neither should he rise upon our confidence. We should forgive freely, but forget rarely. I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Forgiving, Enemy, Sun

  Charles Caleb Colton (1823). “Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan”, p.31

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• May I tell you why it seems to me a good thing for us to remember wrong that has been done us? That we may forgive it.

  Charles Dickens

  Forgiving, Done, May

  Charles Dickens (2016). “Ghost Stories”, p.113, Pan Macmillan

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• The mind that too frequently forgives bad actions will at last forget good ones.

  Frederic Reynolds

  Forgiving, Mind, Lasts

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• Men are less forgiving than women.

  Samuel Richardson

  Men, Forgiving

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