Forgiving Quotes - Page 20

• Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim.

  Liane Holliday Willey

  Thinking, Self, People

  Source: www.pathfindermentoring.com

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• My biggest poetic influences are probably 20th-century British and Irish poets. So I suppose I'm always listening for the music I associate with that poetry, the telling images, the brevity. I want to hear it in my own work as well as in the poetry I read. However, I think I'm generally more forgiving of other poets than myself.

  David Starkey

  Thinking, Listening, Want

  Source: andreaauten.wordpress.com

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• Forgive the person who badly hurt you long ago and also the stranger who stepped on your toe in the grocery store.

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Hurt, Long Ago

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• Humility and ascetic hardship free a man from all sin, for the one cuts out the passions of the soul, the other those of the body. This is what the blessed David indicates when he prays to God, saying, "Look on my humility and my toil, and forgive all my sins" (Ps. 25:18).

  Maximus the Confessor

  Forgiveness, Blessed, Passion

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• Remembrance of Jesus' passion will heal your soul of resentment, by making it ashamed of itself when it remembers the patience of the Lord. Some people have wearied themselves and suffered for a long time in order to extract forgiveness. By far the best course, however, is to forget the offences, since the Lord says: "Forgive at once and you will be forgiven in generous measure." (cf. Luke 6:37-38)

  John Climacus

  Forgiveness, Jesus, Passion

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• A man who has been assiduous in acquiring the fruits of love will not cease loving even if he suffers a thousand calamities. Let Stephen, the disciple of Christ, and others like him persuade you of the truth of this (cf. Acts 7:60). Our Lord Himself prayed for His murderers and asked the Father to forgive them because they did not know what they were doing (cf. Luke 23:34).

  Maximus the Confessor

  Forgiveness, Father, Men

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• They who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time, may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.

  Philip Neri

  Forgiveness, Prayer, Real

  St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.41, St Athanasius Press

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• Will not God, who has commanded men to act thus, do as much himself and even more? For God commanded Peter to forgive till seventy times seven.

  Poemen

  Forgiveness, Men, Seven

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• Now, there was an anchorite called Timothy in a coenobium. The abbot, having heard of a brother who was being tempted, asked Timothy about him, and the anchorite advised him to drive the brother away. Then when he had been driven away, the brother's temptation fell upon Timothy to the point where he was in danger. Then Timothy stood up before God and said, "I have sinned. Forgive me." Then a voice came which said to him, "Timothy, the only reason I have done this to you is because you despised your brother in the time of his temptation."

  Poemen

  Forgiveness, Brother, Voice

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• The Holy Spirit acts mystically through the spiritual father, and then when you go out from your spiritual father, the soul feels her renewal. But if you leave your spiritual father in a state of confusion, this means that you did not confess purely and did not forgive your brother all of his sins from your heart.

  Silouan the Athonite

  Inspirational, Christian, Spiritual

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• We have such a law: If you forgive, it means that God has forgiven you; but if you do not forgive your brother, it means that your sin remains with you.

  Silouan the Athonite

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• A soul that is nurtured by hatred toward man can not be at peace with God, Who has said: If you forgive not men their sins, neither shall your Father forgive your sins (Matt. 6:15). If a man does not want to be reconciled, you must at least guard yourself from hating, praying with a pure heart for him, and speaking no evil of him.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• "Love covers a multitude of sins," (I Pet. 4:8). That is, for love towards one's neighbor, God forgives the sins of the one who loves.

  Theophan the Recluse

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• What is perfection in love? Love your enemies in such a way that you would desire to make them your brothers ... For so did He love, Who hanging on the Cross, said "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34)

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, "You are a saint," the other, "You won't be saved." Both of these thoughts are from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. But think this way: I am a great sinner, but the Lord is merciful. He loves people very much, and He will forgive my sins.

  Silouan the Athonite

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Forgive me for allowing myself to be hurt by you so easily.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Hurt, Forgive Me, Competition

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• Everybody needs to realize that it doesn't matter how old you are or how young you are, you still can be a Christian and live for God. It's not easy but that's why we have God's word and He forgives us when we do something we shouldn't be doing. You know, God sent His son to die for us and He paid that sacrifice so you can go to Heaven.

  Dwight Howard

  Christian, Sacrifice, Son

  "NBA All-Star Dwight Howard talks about family, faith and destiny". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• We can't be perfect all the time and that's okay. In the heat of the battle, in the heat of the moment, you might say things or do things that aren't right, but at the same time, Christ forgives us. Christ will always forgive you.

  Mark Teixeira

  Perfect, Battle, Might

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Every time I pray, I ask for forgiveness. I'm a sinner. I sin every single day. But I do know that God loves me. I do know that God forgives me. It helps me in my every day life because there's nothing anyone can do to me that I can't forgive them for.

  Mark Teixeira

  Forgive Me, Helping, Praying

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• God has forgiven everything that I've ever done. If someone does something to hurt my family or me, I can always forgive them. It keeps hate and anger out of my heart.

  Mark Teixeira

  Hurt, Hate, Heart

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• When a person is carrying their sin, it can be quite a load...I don't know what else to do with your sin but confess and ask God to forgive it.

  Johnny Hunt

  Leadership, Christian, Church

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• You can't forgive your sin. Only God can.

  Johnny Hunt

  Leadership, Christian, Church

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• When Jesus Christ forgives you of sin, He never brings it back up.

  Johnny Hunt

  Leadership, Christian, Jesus

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• Never stop forgiving.

  Johnny Hunt

  Leadership, Christian, Church

  Johnny Hunt (2015). “Bedtime Devotions with Jesus: My Daily Devotional for Kids”, p.124, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Some say you forgive and forget. Not true. You can't forget but you walk forward in forgiveness.

  Johnny Hunt

  Leadership, Christian, Forgive And Forget

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