Forgiving Quotes - Page 33

• I always have said, you know it's not for me to forgive or to condemn, I'm a filmmaker.

  Joshua Oppenheimer

  Said, Filmmaker, Knows

  "Filmmaker Interview". "POV", www.pbs.org. OCtober 6, 2014.

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• Men never forgive those in whom there is nothing to pardon.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Men, Pardon, Never Forgive

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• The man who forgives pays a tremendous price - the price of the evil he forgives.

  David W Augsburger

  Men, Evil, Pay

  David W. Augsburger (1981). “Caring Enough to Forgive: True Forgiveness”, Baker Publishing Group

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• If you are suffering from a bad man's injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.

  Saint Augustine

  Men, Two, Suffering

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• And what can I tell you, my brother, my killer, what can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I'm glad you stood in my way

  Leonard Cohen

  Brother, Missing, Way

  Song: Famous Blue Raincoat

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• Forgive, but don't forget

  Tupac Shakur

  Forget

  Song: Keep Ya Head Up, 1993

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• The weak can never forgive.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strength, Being Strong, Forgiveness

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.155, A&C Black

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• Above all, I was shown that love is supreme. I saw that truly without love we are nothing. We are here to help each other, to care for each other, to understand, forgive, and serve one another. We are here to have love for every person born on earth.

  Betty Eadie

  Love Is, Earth, Care

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• The secret of forgiveness is not to procrastinate, but to free yourself immediately of stress by totally forgiving this instant.

  Gerald Jampolsky

  Stress, Secret, Free Yourself

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• The longer we are members of the Church, the better we understand the gospel, the more we will be inclined to be peacefully minded. The more diligently we follow the teaching of Christ, the slower we will be to be angry with each other and the quicker we will be to forgive each other.

  Theodore M. Burton

  Teaching, Church, Christ

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• When we have been hurt, slighted, or wounded unfairly, we are not left alone to bear it. We can get on our knees and ask for the Lord's help to forgive.

  Virginia H. Pearce

  Hurt, Knees, Bears

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• Sometimes the best way to forgive is to let the other person forget.

  Robert Breault

  Way, Sometimes, Forget

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• When God forgives us for hitting Him with a club we should manage to put up with the pin pricks we get from our fellows.

  Helmut Thielicke

  Hitting, Clubs, Should

  Helmut Thielicke, John W. Doberstein (2016). “The Prayer that Spans the World: Sermons on the Lord’s Prayer”, p.71

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• Take heed all of you who have at heart mankind's future! Take heed men and women of good will! May the temptation to seek revenge give way to the courage to forgive; may the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death; may trust once more give breath to the lives of peoples.

  Pope John Paul II

  Life And Love, Revenge, Heart

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• The past is stronger than my will to forgive forgive you, or myself, I don't know.

  Shawn Colvin

  Past, Stronger, Knows

  Song: Shotgun Down the Avalanche, Album: Steady On, 1989

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• Help us, oh God, to remember that we are Americans. United not by race or religion or by blood, but to our commitment to freedom and justice for all. When we focus on ourselves, when we fight each other, when we forget you, forgive us.

  Rick Warren

  Commitment, Fighting, Race

  Invocation at the First Presidential Inauguration Ceremony for Barack Obama, delivered 20 January 2009,

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• He makes those just who are unjust, forgives those who deserve to be punished, and favors those who deserve no favor.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Unjust, Favors, Deserve

  Charles Spurgeon (2011). “All of Grace (Authentic Original Classic): An urgent Word with Those Who Are Seeking Salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ”, p.12, Destiny Image Publishers

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• Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Knowing, Forgive Me, Want

  Twitter post from Mar 28, 2015

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• Our God is righteous enough to judge and kind enough to forgive.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Judging, Kind, Enough

  Twitter post from Sep 12, 2015

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• Only true remorse and "Will you forgive me?" can press the reset button.

  Andy Andrews

  Reset Button, Forgive Me, Buttons

  Twitter post from Feb 03, 2015

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• 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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• 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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