C. S. Lewis Quotes

Forgive us as we forgive- we are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it is to refuse Gods mercy for ourselves.

C. S. Lewis

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• Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Enemies
  • Forgive
  • Annoy

• The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.

  

  Fanny Crosby
  • Love
  • Child
  • Angel

• Folklore has a moral center to it. Folklore is always, always, always on the side of the underdog, and children have a natural instinct towards justice. They feel indignation at needless cruelty and wistfulness about acts of mercy and kindness.

  

  Laura Amy Schlitz
  • Children
  • Justice
  • Moral

• I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.

  

  Kate DiCamillo
  • Character
  • Mercy
  • Head

• Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • People
  • Life
  • Justice

• Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.

  

  Queen Elizabeth II
  • God
  • May
  • Power

• Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Time
  • Mind
  • Real

• I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

  

  Abdul Qadeer Khan
  • Love
  • Me
  • Angry

• Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Power
  • Best
  • Safety

• Oh, mercy, I think we're all storytellers, you know. You think of the excuses you told your parents for why you got home late. I just never gave it up.

  

  Utah Phillips
  • Up
  • Why
  • Home

• There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Freedom
  • Habit
  • Forgiveness

• Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Love
  • Powerful
  • Prayer

• Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • Forgiveness
  • Sins
  • Forgiven

• We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

  

  T. D. Jakes
  • Strong
  • Forgiveness
  • Forgive

• The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Words
  • Tears
  • Forgiveness

• I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

  

  T. D. Jakes
  • Important
  • Forgiveness

• Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissive, entirely at the mercy of the work at hand.

  

  Gary Shteyngart
  • Good
  • Work
  • Hand

• Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Time
  • God
  • Night

• People have to render judgment. In my case, I've said upfront openly, I've made mistakes at times. I've had to go to God for forgiveness. I've had to seek reconciliation. But I'm also a 68-year-old grandfather, and I think people have to measure who I am now and whether I'm a person they can trust.

  

  Newt Gingrich
  • People
  • God
  • Trust

• Mercy is compassion, kindness, empathy, forgiveness. While grace might be described as blessings and favor from God that we do not necessarily deserve, mercy represents not receiving what we do deserve because of the patience, love, and atonement of the Master.

  

  Brent L. Top
  • Compassion
  • Forgiveness
  • Mercy

• People always say there's no such thing as bad publicity, and you always think they're right, because it seems self-evident: nobody's going to buy a magazine that nobody ever talks about, so people should want to buy a magazine that everybody's talking about.

  

  Rachel Johnson
  • People
  • Bad
  • Think

• Lyra has a part to play in all this, and a major one. The irony is that she must do it all without realizing what she's doing. She can be helped, though, and if my plan with the Tokay had succeeded, she would have been safe for a little longer. I would have liked to spare her a journey to the North.

  

  Philip Pullman
  • She
  • Journey

• Forgive us as we forgive- we are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it is to refuse Gods mercy for ourselves.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Forgiveness
  • Mercy