Catherine Marshall (Catherine Sarah Wood Marshall LeSourd) Quotes
I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again.
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
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We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.
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Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.
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There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.
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We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of poverty - poverty which can no longer be for him a sign of the acceptance of life.
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I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.
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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.
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The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.
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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.
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Sin penetrates to the heart, darkens and hardens it until it extinguishes the light of belief. Each sin has a path that leads to unbelief. Unless that sin is swiftly obliterated by seeking God's forgiveness, it grows from a worm into a snake that gnaws at the heart.
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There is a decivilizing bug somewhere at work; unconsciously persons of stern worth, by not resenting and resisting the small indignities of the times, are preparing themselves for the eventual acceptance of what they themselves know they don’t want.
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It’s very important to be able to accept things, you know. Gracious acceptance is an art – an art which most of never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving.
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I have begun to see that even my father's harshness was a kind of love. An imperfect love, to be sure, but love nonetheless. He pushed me because he loved me, because he wanted no man to ever look down at his offspring. Now with time, rather than bitterness I feel blessing.… My initial fury has slowly given way to forgiveness.
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The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.
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I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.
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In my research, I've interviewed a lot of people who never fit in, who are what you might call 'different': scientists, artists, thinkers. And if you drop down deep into their work and who they are, there is a tremendous amount of self-acceptance.
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Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.
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I see love in black and white. Passion in shades of “gris”. But when it comes to you and I, color is all I see.
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I think the most important thing in life is your health. If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything.
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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He deserved to die except that nothing deserves death.
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I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again.
