Forgiveness Quotes
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Whatever the cost of repentance, it is swallowed up in the joy of forgiveness.
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Nothing in this low and ruined world bears the meek impress of the Son of God so surely as forgiveness.
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Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens.
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And love was like forgiveness – deep and patient. It would be waiting for her on the other side.
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I love you and I forgive you. I am like you and you are like me. I love all people. I love the world. I love creating. Everything in our life should be based on love.
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We must be willing to forgive without limit even as God forgives; otherwise we cannot be forgiven.
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The greatest is to have a tendency to friendship; this is expressed in the form of tolerance and forgiveness, in the form of service and trust. In whatever form he may express it this is the central theme: the constant desire to prove one's love for humanity, to be the friend of all.
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I pray for forgiveness. For help and guidance. To be a better person. For the health of my family. For the world to be a better place.
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There is no peace without forgiveness.
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God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history.
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It is possible to have pardon without forgiveness-a murderer can be pardoned by the governor, but that does not mean the victim's family has forgiven him. And there can be forgiveness without pardon.
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And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.
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Forgiveness is not an emotion; it's a choice.
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Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills.
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Forgiveness is the best charity. (It is easy to give the poor money and goods when one has plenty, but to forgive is hard; but it is the best thing if one can do it.)
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Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.
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New kinds of heroics need to be celebrated - like love, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, diplomacy - or we're not going to get there.
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When you fall in love, love deeply. Be tough but also be open to the possibility of forgiveness.
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Forgiveness is the final form of love.
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To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.
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The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought in pardoning. He will spare some and watch over some, because of their youth, and others on account of their ignorance. His clemency will not fall short of justice, but will fulfill it perfectly.
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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True forgiveness and love arise naturally, effortlessly, from the silence of the heart broken all the way open.
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I learned that true forgiveness includes total acceptance.
