Forgiving Quotes - Page 9

• When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

  Alan Paton

  Forgiveness, Done, Injury

  Alan Paton (2011). “Too Late The Phalarope”, p.278, Simon and Schuster

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• I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

  Gerald Jampolsky

  Letting Go, Peace, Umpires

  Gerald Jampolsky (2009). “Good-Bye to Guilt: Releasing Fear Through Forgiveness”, p.138, Bantam

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• The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

  Oscar Wilde

  Forgiveness, Letting Go, Book

  Intentions "The Critic as Artist" pt. 1 (1891)

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• In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what eternity is made of -- moments when we human beings can say "I love you," "I'm proud of you," "I forgive you," "I'm grateful for you." That's what eternity is made of: invisible imperishable good stuff.

  Fred Rogers

  Love You, Grateful, Eye

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.125, Penguin

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• Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Broken Heart

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• Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Friendship, Forgiveness, Two Friends

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• Hope for a great sea-change timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

  Seamus Heaney

  Forgiveness, Sea, Loser

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• The more one forgives himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Giving, Causes, Self Actualization

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• We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Faults

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• We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

  Samuel Butler

  Love, Forgiveness, Done

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.288, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Bores

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 304, 1678.

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• A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Love, Sacrifice, Men

  Moon and Sixpence (1919) ch. 41

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• People ask me what advice I have for a married couple struggling in their relationship. I always answer: pray and forgive. And to young people from violent homes, I say: pray and forgive. And again, even to the single mother with no family support: pray and forgive.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Prayer, Couple

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• The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend.

  Walter Winchell

  Best Friend, Enemy, Way

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• You know what mom told me once? She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil in ourselves, so we're able to forgive them.

  Veronica Roth

  Mom, Evil, Able

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• This Christmas mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize. Try to understand. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little more. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love, and then speak it again.

  Howard W. Hunter

  Love, Loyalty, Gratitude

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• Forgive your enemy, but do not mistake him for a friend.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Mistake, Inspiration

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• We cannot repent for someone else. But we can forgive someone else, refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free!

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Lord, Repent, Hostage

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• There are many actresses that are working longer, because until you change the playing field and make it economically stronger for women, it's very difficult to say no to somebody when that's your only gig. If you're a producer, or if you have more power, you're going to be in a position to know that if you burn that bridge, there'll still be this bridge open. But still - when people ask me 'do you think your politics have decreased your chances of working, I say: 'In Hollywood, most of the prejudice has to do with if you're old or fat.' Power can't forgive that".

  Susan Sarandon

  Thinking, People, Stronger

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• Forgiveness is the key that can unshackle us from a past that will not rest in the grave of things over and done with. As long as our minds are captive to the memory of having been wronged, they are not free to wish for reconciliation with the one who wronged us.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Memories, Past, Keys

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• Forgiveness is not a matter of feeling superior, of feeling sorry for our parents because they didn't' know any better. It comes when we understand that as humans we all do the very best we can, and we can't ask for more than that. Forgiveness is making the choice to find no more value in anger, and to see that we are all God's light, all joined, and the separations we feel are only part of the illusions of the ego.

  Gerald Jampolsky

  Sorry, Light, Choices

  Gerald Jampolsky (2009). “Out of Darkness into the Light: A Journey of Inner Healing”, p.162, Bantam

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• It’s not always enough to be forgiven by someone, in most cases we have to forgive ourselves first.

  Paulo Coelho

  Firsts, Enough, Cases

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• Love is patient. Love is kind. Love always forgives, trusts, supports, and endures. Love never fails. When every star in the heavens grows cold, and when silence lies once more on the face of the deep, three things will endure: faith, hope, and love.

  Jim Butcher

  Stars, Lying, Love Is

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.137, Penguin

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• Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

  Pope Francis

  Forgiveness, God, Christian

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• Jesus receives us with all of our limitations, He bring us the mercy of the Father who forgives us, and transforms our heart, rendering it a new heart, capable of loving Him, who loved His own to the end (cf. John 13:1). And this love is manifested in his mercy. Jesus always forgives us.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Father, Heart

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