148 private quotes tagged forgiveness

“It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.” — Olin Miller

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“I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.” — Catherine the Great

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“Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” — Marianne Williamson

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“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.” — Peter Ustinov

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“Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.” — Jessica Lange

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“When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.” — Gerald Jampolsky

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“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” — Honore de Balzac

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“Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.” — Joyce Meyer

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“Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.” — Gerald Jampolsky

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“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” — Desmond Tutu

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“Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.” — Scott Adams

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“Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.” — Billy Graham

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“For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?” — Bell Hooks

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“Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.” — Roberto Assagioli

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“If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.” — Keira Knightley

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“Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.” — Desmond Tutu

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“The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.” — Marianne Williamson

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“I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.” — Adlai E. Stevenson

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“Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.” — Desmond Tutu

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“Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.” — T. D. Jakes

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“We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not it takes a very strong person to forgive.” — T. D. Jakes

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“Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.” — W. H. Auden

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“I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.” — Mark Wahlberg

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“I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.” — T. D. Jakes

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“We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.” — T. D. Jakes

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