Forgiving Quotes - Page 13

• Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Pain, Way, Firsts

  Lewis B. Smedes, Jeff Crosby (2007). “Days of Grace Through the Year”, p.237, InterVarsity Press

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• Do we simply stare at what is horrible and forgive it?

  Richard Siken

  Horrible, Staring

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• If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Errors, Commit, Ifs

  "The Promulgation of Universal Peace". Book by Abdu'l-Bahá, reference.bahai.org. 1922.

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• The alternative to forgiveness, but by no means its opposite, is punishment, and both have in common that they attempt to put an end to something that without interference could go on endlessly. It is therefore quite significant, a structural element in the realm of human affairs, that men are unable to forgive what they cannot punish and that they are unable to punish what has turned out to be unforgivable.

  Hannah

  Mean, Men, Opposites

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• If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don’t want to hurt them or lose them, we should feel pain when things go wrong. The point isn’t to live without any regrets, the point is to not hate ourselves for having them… We need to learn to love the flawed, imperfect things that we create, and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesn’t remind us that we did badly — it reminds us that we know we can do better.

  Kathryn Schulz

  Dream, Hurt, Regret

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• The challenge of life is regretless decision making, relentless pursuit of vision with faith, forgiving others, enduring pain with a smile & achieving goals with an extra MILE

  Sujit Lalwani

  Pain, Goal, Decision

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• I can't play piano like I used to either. I used to have bass rolling like thunder. I can't do that no more. But I ask the Lord, please forgive me for the stuff I done trying to make a nickel.

  Pinetop Perkins

  Play, Piano, Forgive Me

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• Life will forgive mistakes - Life will not forgive indecision ... Do SOMETHING, take a step.

  Bob Proctor

  Mistake, Steps, Indecision

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• We must learn not to give up when requirements are not met or when commitments are broken. To do so is a refusal to allow mistakes to be corrected and a demonstration of an unwillingness to forgive yourself or anyone else who needs forgiveness.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Giving Up, Mistake, Commitment

  Iyanla Vanzant (2010). “Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through”, p.224, Hay House, Inc

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• That person who is the hardest to forgive is the one who can teach you the greatest lessons. When you love yourself enough to rise above the old situation, then understanding and forgiveness will be easy. And you'll be free.

  Louise Hay

  Love You, Understanding, Lessons

  Louise Hay (2011). “21 Days to Master Affirmations”, p.46, Hay House, Inc

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• The past doesn't determine your future unless you carry it with you into the present. Forgiving yourself and others, you free the universe to begin again at any moment.

  Marianne Williamson

  Past, Moments, Forgive Yourself

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Aug 03, 2011

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• God dealt with our whole situation on the cross; there is nothing left for you to settle. Just say to Him, 'Lord, I cannot forgive and I will no longer try to do it; but I trust that You in me will do it. I can't forgive and love; but I trust that You will forgive and love in my place and that You will do these things in me.'

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Trying, And Love, Lord

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• The very person you find it hardest to forgive is the one you need to let go of the most. Forgiveness means letting go. It has nothing to do with condoning behavior, it's just letting the whole thing go. We do not have to know how to forgive. All we need to do is be willing to forgive. The Universe will take care of the hows.

  Louise Hay

  Letting Go, Mean, Needs

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from May 10, 2012

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• You are completely at choice who you will be today in your interactions with others. Compassionate, kind, giving and forgiving will create one set of probabilities; angry, judgmental, critical and defensive will create another one altogether.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Interaction With Others, Giving

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Apr 27, 2013

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• Silently repeat to yourself: I forgive myself for any ways in which I knowingly or unknowingly caused hurt or harm to any living being or creature. I forgive all who have ever hurt or harmed me. Everything between us is now cleared up.

  Michael Beckwith

  Inspirational, Hurt, Way

  FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from Feb 03, 2013

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• If you're brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments, and set out on a truth-seeking journey, either externally or internally, and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher and if you are prepared, most of all, to face and forgive some very difficult realities about yourself, then the truth will not be withheld from you.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Teacher, Journey, Reality

  "Eat Pray Love". Book by Elizabeth Gilbert, February 16, 2006.

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• I am overcome by my own amazing sloth...Can you please forgive me and believe that it is really because I want to do something well that I don't do it at all?

  Elizabeth Bishop

  Believe, Forgive Me, Sloth

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• You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Character, Opportunity, Greatness

  Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale (1996). “Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits”, p.296, Cambridge University Press

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• The Long Earth is bountiful but not forgiving.

  Stephen Baxter

  Long, Earth, Not Forgiving

  Stephen Baxter, Terry Pratchett (2013). “The Long War: (Long Earth 2)”, p.29, Random House

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• There are many actresses that are working longer, because until you change the playing field and make it economically stronger for women, it's very difficult to say no to somebody when that's your only gig. If you're a producer, or if you have more power, you're going to be in a position to know that if you burn that bridge, there'll still be this bridge open. But still - when people ask me 'do you think your politics have decreased your chances of working, I say: 'In Hollywood, most of the prejudice has to do with if you're old or fat.' Power can't forgive that".

  Susan Sarandon

  Thinking, People, Stronger

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• If we fail to forgive, we’re rejecting our own faith.

  Emil Kapaun

  Failing, Ifs, Rejecting

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• Be brave. Be open-minded. Be kind. Be forgiving. Be generous. Be optimistic. Be grateful for the many unexpected lessons you will learn. Find the joy inside the hardship. It's there. I assure you. And, too, be open to inspiration from unlikely sources.

  Dana Reeve

  Inspiration, Grateful, Optimistic

  Commencement Address at Middlebury College, May 23, 2004.

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• The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: "It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing."

  Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi

  Positive, Mistake, Leader

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• Forgive! How many will say, forgive, and find a sort of absolution in the sound to hate a little longer!

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Forgiveness, Hate, Sound

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1240, Delphi Classics

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• There's no operation where you can have your anger cut out. But if you work on yourself, as you get better, you'll be more capable of seeing others as flawed human beings. That makes it easier to forgive.

  Robin Quivers

  Forgiveness, Cutting, Get Better

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