Forgiveness Quotes and Sayings
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Forgiveness is a funny thing, it warms the hearts and cools the sting. Peter Allen
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Hannah Arendt
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. Saint Augustine
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Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. Ausonius
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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. Honore de Balzac
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. Henry Ward Beecher
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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. Josh Billings
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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To understand is to forgive, even oneself. Alexander Chase
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People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on. Bill Cosby
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Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. Marlene Dietrich
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. John Dryden
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How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err. Euripides
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Forgotten is forgiven. F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. Robert Fripp
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To be social is to be forgiving. Robert Frost
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He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. Thomas Fuller
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. Indira Gandhi
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I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his. Catherine the Great
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Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again. Dag Hammarskjold
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God will forgive me. It's his job. Heinrich Heine
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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
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It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Grace Hopper
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The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. Elbert Hubbard
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Forgiveness means letting go of the past. Gerald Jampolsky
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Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Garrison Keillor
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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. John F. Kennedy
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Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. Bruce Lee
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Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life. George MacDonald
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There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. Bryant H. McGill
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When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future. Bernard Meltzer
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Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on. Alice Duer Miller
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It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him. Olin Miller
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Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. Hannah More
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Forgiveness is the final form of love. Reinhold Niebuhr
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Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. Jean Paul
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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. Emo Philips
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To err is human; to forgive, divine. Alexander Pope
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It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited. Lewis B. Smedes
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To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Lewis B. Smedes
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You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well. Lewis B. Smedes
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Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. Suzanne Somers
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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. Adlai E. Stevenson
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How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. Publilius Syrus
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My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person. Janine Turner
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It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them. Lana Turner
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Without forgiveness, there's no future. Desmond Tutu
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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. William Arthur Ward
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It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. Jessamyn West
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde
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The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. Marianne Williamson
