Forgiveness Quotes - Page 29

• To be forgiven is not enough; we must put an end to the very need to be forgiven.

  Bernadette Roberts

  Needs, Enough, Ends

  Bernadette Roberts (2005). “What is Self?: A Study of the Spiritual Journey in Terms of Consciousness”, p.16, Sentient Publications

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• I worry about fast forgivers. They tend to forgive quickly in order to avoid their pain. Or they forgive fast in order to get an advantage over the people they forgive. And their instant forgiving only makes things worse... People who have been wronged badly and wounded deeply should give themselves time and space before they forgive... There is a right moment to forgive. We cannot predict it in advance; we can only get ourselves ready for it when it arrives... Don't do it quickly, but don't wait too long.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Pain, Order, Space

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• Forgiveness is a little thing when love is there.

  Donna Jo Napoli

  Love Is, Littles, Little Things

  Donna Jo Napoli (1995). “The Magic Circle”, p.61, Penguin

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• We must give ourselves more earnestly and intelligently and generously than we have to the happy duty of appreciation.

  Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer

  Appreciation, Giving, Duty

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• Forgiveness is the path to healing.

  Jeanne Marie Laskas

  Healing, Path

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• If we don't forgive, we stay emotionally handcuffed to the person who hurt us.

  Antoinette Bosco

  Hurt, Forgiving, Persons

  Antoinette Bosco (2001). “Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty”

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• If little faults proceeding on distemper
  Shall not be winked at, how shall we stretch our eye
  When capital crimes, chewed, swallowed, and digested,
  Appear before us?

  William Shakespeare

  Drinking, Eye, Littles

  William Shakespeare, Andrew Gurr (2005). “King Henry V”, p.108, Cambridge University Press

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• But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Fighting, Past, Views

  Abraham Lincoln (1894). “Complete Works”

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• I have forgiven you. Nevertheless, begone!

  Mason Cooley

  Forgiven, Nevertheless

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• My great idea is that we must forgive the Pope. First of all, he needs it more than anyone else. Besides, it is the only way of placing oneself above him.

  Albert Camus

  Ideas, Forgiving, Needs

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• My uncomfortable duty as a Christian is to confess the truth, so lethal to our self-centered human nature: 'Jesus, who suffered your sin unto his own death, calls you likewise to forgive, so that God's purposes may be accomplished in both you and your offender.

  Gordon Dalbey

  Christian, Jesus, Self

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• You should forgive your enemies and if you haven't any, just forgive a few of your friends.

  Howard Marion-Crawford

  Forgiving, Enemy, Should

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• The truly great man is as apt to forgive as his power is able to revenge.

  Philip Sidney

  Revenge, Men, Forgiving

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.54

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• Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Government, Law, Gentle

  Poor Richard's Almanack, May 1756

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• My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.

  Ziggy Marley

  Dream, Good Life, People

  FaceBook post by Ziggy Marley from Jun 26, 2012

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• Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare.

  Anne Lamott

  Mean, Lunch, Done

  Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.47, Penguin

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• Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Revenge, Forgiving, Indifference

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• In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.

  Andy Stanley

  Hurt, Decision, Soul

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• I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

  John G. Rowland

  Sorry, Responsibility, Apology

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• Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

  Saadi

  Prayer, Forgiving, Sin

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• We pardon as long as we love.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Love, Long, Pardon

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• To do evil for good is human corruption; to do good for good is civil retribution; but to do good for evil is Christian perfection. Though this be not the grace of nature, it is the nature of grace.

  Thomas Secker

  Christian, Evil, Perfection

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" edited by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 251), 1895.

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• Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature.

  Jerome Isaac Friedman

  Revenge, Savages, Gentle

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• It's much harder to give up on family.Deep down you want it to work so badly that you keep making the same mistake.

  Tori Spelling

  Giving Up, Mistake, Want

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• See, forgiveness doesn't happen all at once. It's not an event - it's a process.

  Barry Lyga

  Events, Process, Happens

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