Forgiving Quotes - Page 24

• There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It's to ask forgiveness armed only with, 'I'm sorry'.

  Erma Bombeck

  Sorry, World, Asking For Forgiveness

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• To resent and remember brings strife; to forgive and forget brings peace.

  J. B. Priestley

  Forgive And Forget, Remember, Strife

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• It is very important that children learn from their fathers and mothers how to love one another- not in the school, not from the teacher, but from you. It is very important that you share with your children the joy of that smile. There will be misunderstandings; every family has its cross, its suffering. Always be the first to forgive with a smile. Be cheerful, be happy.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Teacher, Children

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• I do not forgive myself for being born. It is as if creeping into this world, I had profaned a mystery, betrayed some momentous pledge, committed a fault of nameless gravity.

  Emile M. Cioran

  World, Betrayed, Faults

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• In forgiving an injury be somewhat ceremonious, lest your magnanimity be construed as indifference.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Indifference, Injury, Magnanimity

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales”, p.238, tredition

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• I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.

  Arthur Ashe

  Helping Others, Joy, Trying

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• To be good Christians you have to contemplate the suffering humanity of Jesus. "How can we bear witness? Contemplate Jesus. How can we forgive? Contemplate Jesus suffering. How can we not hate our neighbor? Contemplate Jesus suffering. How can we avoid gossiping about our neighbor? Contemplate Jesus suffering. There is no other way". These virtues are the those of the Father, who forgives us always, and Our Lady, Our Mother, shares in these virtues too.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Mother, Jesus

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• It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive and I think that you should.

  Odette Annable

  Thinking, Forget, Easy

  "Odette Yustman Interview, You Again". Interview, www.moviesonline.ca.

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• If you believe in God you get to the point where (you feel) "Yeah, you know what, God forgave my sins but I still have to forgive myself."

  Kevin Sorbo

  Believe, Sin, Yeah

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• If I look at myself when I'm getting into the [God's] Word and just drinking Him [God] in, when I get to work, I'm looking for someone to love. I'm looking for people to encourage. I'm understanding that, hey, people are people. We're all wearing skin here. We all have our moments. I've already gotten what I need from Jesus and now I can just forgive and love and encourage.

  Mark Hall

  Jesus, Drinking, People

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• People sometimes focus on the red button hot topic issues and I'm, like, you know, who cares about priestly celibacy? I'm thinking about how am I forgiving my enemies? How am I turning the other cheek? How am I loving my neighbor as myself? To me that's 10,000 times more difficult than to say should priests be married or not be married? I'm, like, I think we're wasting all out energies on the wrong thing. Let's work on the most difficult stuff.

  Lino Rulli

  Thinking, Issues, People

  "A talk with Lino Rulli, 'Catholic Guy' & 'Sinner'". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• You're human. You'll screw up. Denying that is crazy. Forgiving yourself has all the benefits of self-esteem without making you a narcissist that's out of touch with reality.

  David D. Burns

  Crazy, Self Esteem, Reality

  Source: time.com

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• Forgive yourself and be ready to forgive yourself in the future. You're gonna screw up. It's okay.

  David D. Burns

  Screw Ups, Forgive Yourself, Okay

  Source: time.com

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• Forgiving yourself, not guilt, increases personal accountability.

  David D. Burns

  Personal Accountability, Guilt, Forgive Yourself

  Source: time.com

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• And each one of them has a redemptive message. Blood Bayou's redemptive message is (about forgiveness). Can you forgive somebody? Can you come back (from the hurt)? (Can you find_ your way back from it. Can people change and can you forgive somebody?

  Drew Waters

  Hurt, Blood, People

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• You can always forgive, you just can't really forget.

  Brian Littrell

  Forget

  Source: collider.com

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• Only God Forgives was very much a generation gap in a way. It was all the youth of the world that embraced it. I make films for young people. That's what I will continue to do.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  People, Generations, World

  Source: collider.com

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• Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Feelings, Democracy, Aristocracy

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• Is there in the whole world a being who would have the right to forgive and could forgive?

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  World, Brothers Karamazov, Whole

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.373, First Avenue Editions

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• I hated my father all my life but in his final days I forgave him for all the suffering he caused us. As you grow older, marry, and have children of you own, you learn and forget. I do not forget easily, but I do forgive.

  Sophia Loren

  Children, Father, Suffering

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You must learn to forgive yourself as easily as you forgive others. And then take a further step and use all that energy that you used in condemning yourself for improving yourself. After that I really started to get somewhere - because there's only one person you can change and that's yourself. After you have changed yourself, you might be able to inspire others to look for change.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Inspire, Energy, Looks

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• It is not possible that a just God should forgive people who are wicked because another person who was good endured agony by being nailed to a cross.

  Rebecca West

  Agony, People, Wicked

  Rebecca West (2010). “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia”, p.475, Open Road Media

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• Forgive for your sake, if not for theirs. Those who can forgive live healthier, happier, and less stressful lives.

  Lori Palatnik

  Sake, Stressful, Ifs

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• The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull.

  Burt Reynolds

  Dull, Exciting, Audience

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• How to forgive a murderer? First, by differentiating his sufferings from his exploitation of death to ease them. For his sufferings - greed, jealousy, frustration - he will need reeducation, support and, compassion. For our outrage about murder, we need to examine deeply our faith in death. As long as we collectively believe that death has power over life, we will spawn deluded, self-appointed little gods who want that power.

  D. Patrick Miller

  Believe, Frustration, Compassion

  D. Patrick Miller (2009). “The Way of Forgiveness: Letting Go, Easing Stress, and Building Strength”, p.30, Fearless Books

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