Forgiving Quotes - Page 4

• Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Kings, Hate, Light

  "A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings".

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• A heart filled with anger has no room for love.

  Joan Lunden

  Forgiveness, Anger, Heart

  Joan Lunden (2001). “Wake-up calls”, McGraw-Hill Companies

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• We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

  Francis Bacon

  Friendship, Forgiveness, Enemy

  Francis Bacon (1861). “Literary and Professional Works”, p.154

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• I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.

  Chaim Herzog

  Forgiveness, Forget The Past, Forgetfulness

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• The things two people do to each other they remember. If they stay together, it's not because they forget; it's because they forgive.

  Demi Moore

  Forgiveness, Sorry, Apology

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• The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Forgiveness, Enemy, Conquer

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• We may not know how to forgive, and we may not want to forgive; but the very fact we say we are willing to forgive begins the healing practice.

  Louise Hay

  Forgiveness, Healing, Practice

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• Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.

  Anne Lamott

  Relationship, Giving Up, Past

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• I am certain that people never forgive because they believe they have an obligation to do it or because someone told them to do it. Forgiveness has to come from inside as a desire of the heart. Wanting to is the steam that pushes the forgiving engine.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Forgiveness, Believe, Heart

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• When women love, they forgive everything...

  Honore de Balzac

  Forgiveness

  "The Muse of the Department". Book by Honoré de Balzac, 1843.

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• Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more forgiving of public people. They didn't think they had to stick someone in jail to make a career.

  Mike Royko

  Thinking, Views, Years

  "Chicago's Mike Royko, sharp-witted columnist, dies" by Lisa Price, www.cnn.com. April 29, 1997.

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• Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

  Jalal Talabani

  Fighting, Democracy, Dictatorship

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• Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.

  Louise Hay

  Forgiveness, Prison, Forgive Yourself

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• The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

  Marianne Williamson

  Forgiveness, Firsts, Steps

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.131, Random House

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• Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

  J. K. Rowling

  Forgiveness, People, Inspirational Harry Potter

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• We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.

  Ellen Goodman

  Love, Forgiveness, Gratitude

  Ellen Goodman (1981). “At Large”

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• Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Forgiveness

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• Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Forgiveness, Memories, Healing

  "Healing by Degrees" by Jean-Paul Bedard, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2014.

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• To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

  Franklin P. Adams

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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• To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.

  Robert Muller

  Love, Happiness, Beautiful

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• Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

  Lawana Blackwell

  Relationship, Forgiveness, Selfish

  Lawana Blackwell (2008). “The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark (The Gresham Chronicles Book #3)”, p.433, Baker Books

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• People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

  Douglas Coupland

  Family, Beauty, Forgiveness

  Douglas Coupland (2008). “All Families are Psychotic”, p.146, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Letting Go

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• Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Hate, Anger, 4th Of July

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.95, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• To err is human, to forgive supine.

  S. J. Perelman

  Forgiveness, Humans, Err Is Human

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