148 private quotes tagged forgiveness

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.” — Elbert Hubbard

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“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” — Mark Twain

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“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” — John F. Kennedy

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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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“One forgives to the degree that one loves.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.” — Josh Billings

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“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.” — Oscar Wilde

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“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” — William Blake

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“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.” — Dalai Lama

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“Forgiveness is God's command.” — Martin Luther

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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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“If there is a God, he'll have to beg my forgiveness.”

Context:Carved on the wall of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner

Source:http://books.google.com/books?id=iUqKafcKRukC&lpg=PA149&d...

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“A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.” — Robert Fripp

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“If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.” — Mason Cooley

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“To be social is to be forgiving.” — Robert Frost

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“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” — Bruce Lee

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“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.” — Nelson Mandela

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“To err is human to forgive, divine.” — Alexander Pope

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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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“God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.” — Henry Ward Beecher

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“The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.” — William Blake

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