| We
all have someone or something to forgive . . . and when we learn how, we become
free to increase success in every area of our life.
-- Azim
Khamisa |  |
I
refuse to let what happened to me make me bitter.
-- Nicole
Kidman | 
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In
spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue
to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations
and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path."
--
Martin Luther King, Jr
"Forgiveness is
not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.”
--
Martin Luther King, Jr
“He who is devoid of
the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.”
--
Martin Luther King, Jr
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We
must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power
to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of
us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to
hate our enemies.
-- Martin
Luther King, Jr
"Forgiveness
is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment.
But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again."
--Jack Kornfield
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| Real
freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not
free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past.
--
Kenny Loggins |
Holding
on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and
a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter
and the lightness in your life.
-- Joan Lunden
| My
dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human
being and bring peace to people.
-- Ziggy
Marley |  |
Since nothing can
be forgiven for us that is not first forgiven by and through us, there is only
one species of forgiveness: self-forgiveness.
-- Noel McInnis
"When
you forgive, you in no way change the past -- but you sure do change the future."
-- Bernard Meltzer.
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To
forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive
untold peace and happiness.
--
Robert Muller
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"Forgiveness offers
the possibility of two types of peace: peace of mind -- the potential healing
of old emotional wounds, and peace with others -- the possibility of new, more
gratifying relationships in the future."
-- Kenneth I. Pargament & Mark S.
Rye
"When a deep
injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive."
-- Alan Paton
| Force
may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
--
William Penn |  |
Five enemies
of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these
were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
-- Petrarch
When you hold
resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional
link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that
link and get free.
-- Catherine Ponder
One
pardons to the degree that one loves.
-- Francios De La Rochefoucauld
“When
will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather
than avenge it?”
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt |
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I
want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.
-- Paul Simon |
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Reconciliation
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- April 2
Forgiveness
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- First Sunday in August
