Forgiveness Quotes - Page 32

• Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.

  Dwight Morrow

  Party, Rain, Humility

  Speech, 10 Oct. 1930

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• No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart.

  J. C. Ryle

  Prayer, Heart, Forgiving

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• But the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals upon their heads, and your Lord shall open a door to you in your trouble: wait upon Him, as the night watch waiteth for the morning. He will not tarry. Go up to your watch-tower, and come not down, but by prayer, and faith, and hope, wait on.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Morning, Prayer, Night

  Samuel Rutherford, Hamilton Smith (2008). “Extracts from the Letters of Samuel Rutherford”, p.45, Scripture Truth

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• Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

  Robert Kennedy

  Clever, Names, Forgive And Forget

  Quoted in Nancy McPhee, The Second Book of Insults (1981)

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• During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us, and then strive to train our heart to bear and forgive these things patiently, in imitation of our Saviour. This is the way to acquire a strong spirit.

  Philip Neri

  Strong, Prayer, Heart

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• You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.

  E. W. Howe

  Im Sorry, Apology, I Am Sorry

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• The things two people do to each other they remember. If they stay together, it's not because they forget; it's because they forgive.

  Demi Moore

  Sorry, Apology, Two

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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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• Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself

  T. D. Jakes

  Giving, Forgiven, Inspirational Forgiveness

  T.D. Jakes (2012). “Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Won't Regret”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.

  Albert Ellis

  People, Forgiving, Realistic

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• Virtue isn't not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.

  Democritus

  Wish, Virtue

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• Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

  Aristotle

  Hate, Punishment, Forgiving

  Aristotle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)”, p.2947, Delphi Classics

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• These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.

  Norm Dicks

  Government, Cost, Debt

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• Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Problems Love, New Day, Serenity

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• Children are meant to understand compassion and comfort because they have received compassion and comfort - and this should be in the family setting. A family should be a place where comfort is experienced and understood, so that the people are prepared to give comfort to others.

  Edith Schaeffer

  Children, Compassion, People

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• Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit - a very common symptom indeed among God's children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.

  Watchman Nee

  Christian, Spiritual, Children

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.554, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.

  Tertullian

  Letting Go, Done, Faces

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• Life, that ever needs forgiveness, has, for its first duty, to forgive.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Forgiving, Needs, Firsts

  "Zanoni". Book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1842.

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• More bounteous run rivers when the ice that locked their flow melts into their waters. And when fine natures relent, their kindness is swelled by the thaw.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Running, Kindness, Ice

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