Forgiving Quotes
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Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so when the provocation is extreme. For it is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
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In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.
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Forgiving is one of the most difficult things for a human being to do, but I think it means looking at some slight you feel, putting yourself in the position of the other person, and wiping away any sort of resentment and antagonism you feel toward them. Then let that other person know that everything is perfectly friendly and normal between you.
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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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Well, heaven forgive him! and forgive us all! Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none: And some condemned for a fault alone.
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To forgive is not to forget, but rather to re-member whatever has been dismembered.
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A story that must be told never forgives silence.
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In a nation that likes to see itself as forgiving, we are mulishly unforgiving of those who have committed a felony...
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You refuse to forgive people, and yet on the Day of Judgment you will stand bare, begging Allah to forgive you.
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One may forgive infidelity, but one does not forget it.
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Pray you now, forget and forgive.
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In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil.
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Forget, forgive; conclude, and be agreed.
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There was a time - before I made movies - when I was more forgiving, but now that I've learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor.
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Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
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I have often heard it said that the Irish are too ready to forgive. It is a noble failing.
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The ministry of fear that won't let you live. The ministry of grace that doesn't forgive.
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Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people... the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life... they are mean and they want to kill you.
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Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.
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And when we would make much of that which cannot matter much to thee, forgive us -a frequent part of the prayer that opened sermons.
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My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.
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Forgiving is all; forgetting is another thing.
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forgive yourself for what you aren't able to do, the ones who aren't able to acknowledge their ownselves are bound to fail
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If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is both saying that justice has been violated and not letting that violation count against the offender.
