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Forgiveness

Forgotten is forgiven.

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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.

Augustine, St.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. [Ephesians 1:7]

Bible

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

Butler, Samuel

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

Diana, Princess of Wales

God will forgive me, that's his business.

Heine, Heinrich

The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business.

Mitchell, Margaret

Forgiveness is God's command.

Luther, Martin

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

Lawana Blackwell

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Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much.

Wilde, Oscar

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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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Never repeat old grievances.

Proverb

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Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

Twain, Mark

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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

Augustine, St.

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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Edwards, Tryon

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He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

Lauter

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A man must learn to forgive himself.

Ficke, Arthur Davison

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It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

Shaw, Henry Wheeler

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Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the whole world, I will greet him with forgiveness equal to it.

Al-massabaih, Mishkat

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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

Dietrich, Marlene

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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

Howe, Edgar Watson

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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins

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One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

Celine, Louis-Ferdinand

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Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way.

Real Live Preacher

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To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Pope, Alexander

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Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not to others what thou wouldn't not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

Confucius

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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

Marden, Orison Swett

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And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. [Ephesians 4:32]

Bible

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Their errors have been weighed and found to have been dust in the balance; if their sins were as scarlet, they are now white as snow: they have been washed in the blood of the mediator and the redeemer, Time.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Dudek, Louis

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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Mahatma Gandhi

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My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. [Job 14:17]

Bible

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In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.

Arendt, Hannah

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Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by it. Forgiveness is a strong move to make, like turning your shoulders sideways to walk quickly on a crowded sidewalk. It's your move.

Real Live Preacher

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Of course God will forgive me; that's His job.

Heine, Heinrich

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A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive

Harris, Sidney J.

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Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

Mcdowell, Josh

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If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each person's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.