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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The person who is to succeed will never let his mind dwell on past mistakes. He will forgive the past in his life and in the lives of other people. If he makes a mistake he will at once forgive it.

  Ernest Holmes

  Mistake, Past, People

  Ernest Holmes (2007). “Creative Mind”, p.23, Penguin

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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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• Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five.

  Pam Brown

  Funny, Sister, Sibling

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• It is God's job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Jobs, Military, Faces

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• Here is a mental treatment guaranteed to cure every ill that flesh is heir to: sit for half an hour every night and mentally forgive everyone against whom you have any ill will or antipathy.

  Charles Fillmore

  Forgiveness, Life Changing, Night

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• He's not going to look back if you don't,' he said, 'They're the most forgiving creatures God ever made.

  Nicholas Evans

  Horse, Looks, Made

  Nicholas Evans (1996). “The Horse Whisperer”, Thorndike Pr

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• I have been lately introduced to the famous Thomas Paine, and like him very well. He is vain beyond all belief, but he has reason to be vain, and for my part I forgive him. He has done wonders for the cause of liberty, both in America and Europe, and I believe him to be conscientiously an honest man. He converses extremely well; and I find him wittier in discourse than in his writings, where his humour is clumsy enough.

  Wolfe Tone

  Believe, Writing, Men

  Theobald Wolfe Tone (1893). “The Autobiography of Theobald Wolfe Tone. 1763-1798; Ed. with an Introduction by R. Barry O'Brien”

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• To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.

  Charles Williams

  Two, Doctrine, Magnificence

  Charles Williams (2016). “The Image of the City and Other Essays”, p.141, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.

  Bill Johnson

  Two, Reconcile

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• The best way of become forgiving is to feel gratitude.

  Joe Vitale

  Gratitude, Way, Feels

  Joe Vitale (2005). “The Attractor Factor: 5 Easy Steps for Creating Wealth (or Anything Else) from the Inside Out”, p.121, John Wiley & Sons

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• The gospel is the good news that the everlasting and ever-increasing joy of the never-boring, ever-satisfying Christ is ours freely and eternally by faith in the sin-forgiving death and hope-giving resurrection of Jesus Christ.

  John Piper

  Jesus, Giving, Joy

  John Piper (2009). “Taste and See: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life”, p.407, Multnomah

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• Forgive yourself first. Release the need to replay a negative situation over and over again in your mind. Don’t become a hostage to your past by always reviewing and reliving your mistakes. Don’t remind yourself of what should have, could have or would have been. Release it and let it go. Move on.

  Les Brown

  Mistake, Moving, Past

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• I'm willing to forgive the press, or forgive anybody,I was taught to love and forgive,which I do have in my heart,but please don't believe these crazy, horrifying things.

  Michael J. Jackson

  Crazy, Believe, Heart

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• I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way tonight.

  Meat Loaf

  Way, Tonight, Egotism

  Song: I Would Do Anything for Love

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• I actually think it's easier to be positive than negative, to be honest - it takes way more energy to stay mad at someone, for instance, than it does to say "i forgive you" and move on.

  Dave Smalley

  Moving, Thinking, Mad At Someone

  Source: www.pmakid.com

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