Forgiving Quotes - Page 27

• Nothing shocks our moral feelings so deeply as cruelty does. We can forgive every other crime, but not cruelty. The reason for this is that it is the very opposite of compassion.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Compassion, Opposites, Feelings

  Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1995). “On the Basis of Morality”, p.169, Hackett Publishing

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• Father forgive us, for we do not what we know.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Father, Knows

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• I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.

  Willie Nelson

  Distance, Nashville, Enemy

  Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin (2006). “The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart”, p.53, Penguin

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• I remembered a time when my grandmother had asked me to explain television to her - the guts, not the funny pictures. There are things which cannot be taught in ten easy lessons, nor popularized for the masses; they take years of skull sweat. This be treason in an age when ignorance has come into its own and one man's opinion is as good as another's. But there it is. As Star says, the world is what it is - and doesn't forgive ignorance.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Stars, Ignorance, Grandmother

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• Forgive what you do not approve & love me for this energetic exertion of my talent

  William Blake

  Talent, Energetic, Exertion

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.659, Pearson Education

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• Remarkable visions and genuine insight are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with even more resistance. Products, services, career paths... whatever it is, the forces for mediocrity will align to stop you, forgiving no errors and never backing down until it's over

  Seth Godin

  Careers, Errors, Effort

  Seth Godin (2012). “Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.27, Penguin

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• I forgive. First, because I've been forgiven by God. Second, unforgiveness makes me miserable. And third, I'm going to need more forgiveness in the future. So we don't forgive for their benefit. We actually forgive for ours.

  Rick Warren

  Needs, Benefits, Firsts

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• Life is too short to waste time harboring bad feelings about anyone. Forgive, forget, then move on!

  Denise Austin

  Moving, Life Is Too Short, Feelings

  FaceBook post by Denise Austin from Feb 11, 2012

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• The inability to forgive, that is the lack of compassion, is really nothing more than lack of knowledge.

  Ron Smothermon

  Compassion, Inability, Lack Of Knowledge

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• Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Heart, Keys, Forgive And Forget

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• When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner.

  Joyce Brothers

  Gains, Winner

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• Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes, when they mature, they forgive their parents, especially when they discover they are also human.

  Oscar Wilde

  Children, Parent, Sometimes

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• If you find yourself ruminating over a hurt and are not ready to forgive, shift to gratitude. Think about all that is good in your life and all that you appreciate.

  Stephen G. Post

  Gratitude, Hurt, Thinking

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• Make your way to death row and speak with the tragic victims of criminality. As they prepare to make their pathetic walk to the electric chair, their hopeless cry is that society will not forgive. Capital punishment is society's final assertion that it will not forgive.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Punishment, Finals, Way

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.36, Beacon Press

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• Let's forgive the Nazi war criminals.

  George H. W. Bush

  War, Criminals, Nazi

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• I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Believe, Willing, Offers

  Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “Until Today!: Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of”, p.331, Simon and Schuster

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• Your fellowship with God flows freely when you're willing to forgive, but it gets blocked by unforgiveness.

  Joyce Meyer

  Fellowship, Flow, Blocked

  Twitter post from Oct 20, 2012

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• Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man who misses ones.

  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

  Men, Opportunity, Missing

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• I'ma forgive all the people that took my kindness as weakness. I'ma forgive anyone who never hit me back. I'ma forgive all ya'll. I won't forget.

  Behdad Sami

  Kindness, People, Weakness

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• Living in fear is what every hater, negative person, and the devil wants. Live a righteous life with God and nothing but positivity. You must forgive anyone who has done you dirty, and move on. Your personal life, career, and love life will be that much more amazing after. Life is too short to live it being empty inside, sad, angry, and defensive just to hide your pain. Let it all go and let love and happiness in. Put yourself out there all the way and don't be fearful of losing love. If you don't live life by fully enjoying it and opening your heart, your just not living.

  Behdad Sami

  Pain, Dirty, Live Life

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• One of the most wonderful things you can do in this world is forgive others. We are designed to have flaws and make mistakes. If we emulate God, we are led to forgive. Giving someone the ability to recapture their dignity can transform lives. Do it often.

  John Fairclough

  Mistake, Giving, World

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• One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves. One must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Attitude, Mind, Faults

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

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• I look at my reflection in the mirror and I see a girl who desperately wants to forgive a boy, but not without a hell of a lot of grovelling first.

  Colleen Hoover

  Girl, Reflection, Boys

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• You never forget your first kiss. And that's what makes it so hard to forgive my uncle.

  Demetri Martin

  Uncles, Kissing, First Kiss

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• If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage and suffering. That is something I am confident history will forgive.

  Tony Blair

  Suffering, Responsible, Threat

  Address to Congress Accepting Congressional Gold Medal, delivered 17 July 2003, Joint Session of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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